Legal Opinion

Nicholas P. Boorus v. West Coast Trans-Oceanic Steamship Line and Standard Steamship Corp.

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided February 28, 1962No. 17415_1PublishedCited by 10 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

BARNES, Circuit Judge.

This is a suit for personal injuries arising out of a fist fight occurring between two crewmen of the S. S. Columbia Trader.

Stevedores finished loading that ship, owned by appellee, at a dock in San Francisco Bay at 11:40 P.M. on August 25, 1958 when beams and hatch-boards were put aboard. The longshoremen left the vessel five minutes later with hatchboards in place. The last line left the dock at 11:56 P.M. and at 11:58 P.M. the vessel started down San Francisco Bay for the Golden Gate in a thick fog. Securing the hatches, i. e., placing the tarpaulin and strongbacks…

2Cases cited7 opinions

  1. Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1955
  2. Keen v. Overseas Tankship Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1952
  3. Jones v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1953
  4. Edward Connolly v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1959
  5. Handley v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1958

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3Cited by10 opinions

  1. Valerie Russo v. Apl Marine Services, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2017
  2. Peter Stechcon, Jr. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
  3. Everett Guy Kirsch v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1971
  4. Barry James Pashby v. Universal Dredging Corporation, and Anchor Barge No. 10, Official No. 554497Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1979
  5. Franco C. Robinson v. S.S. Atlantic Starling, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966

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