Legal Opinion
Chambers v. Moore McCormack Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 12, 1950No. 10074PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BIGGS, Chief Judge.
This case is a libel in admiralty by Lyle T. Chambers, an American seaman, for double wages on account of alleged wrongful withholding of wages by his employers, Moore McCormack Lines, Inc. (Moore McCormack). 'Chambers bases his claim upon that statute which provides that a master or owner who refuses or neglects to pay a seaman his earned wages within .a specific period “without sufficient cause” shall pay the seaman two days pay for every day of delay. R.S. § 4529, as amended, 46 U.S.C.A. § 596. 1
Findings of 'Fact, based on ample evidence, disclose the following sequence…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Collie v. FergussonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Shilman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
- Glandzis v. CallinicosCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Oldfield v. FairfieldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
- Chambers v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
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- Davenport v. Albatross Tanker Corp.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1972