Legal Opinion
William Brooks v. Hess Oil V.I. Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 12, 1987No. 86-3048PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge.
This appeal from an interlocutory order 1 presents an unusual , and knotty question requiring a United States federal court to decide whether an American company violated Liberian law in paying overtime wages due its merchant seamen under a collective bargaining agreement (CBA). Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (HOVIC), the employer, is an American company in the business of refining petroleum and uses barges of Liberian registry in its lightering operations off St. Croix, Virgin Islands. The appellees (plaintiffs) are seamen employed by HOVIC in the…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- McCulloch v. Sociedad Nacional De Marineros De HondurasSupreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Benz v. Compania Naviera Hidalgo, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Windward Shipping (London) Ltd. v. American Radio Assn.Supreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Bournias v. Atlantic Maritime Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Marcelle Jean Pierre v. Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corporation. Appeal of Marcelle Jean Pierre. Appeal of Hess Oil Virgin Islands CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
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