Legal Opinion
William T. Gardner v. The Tugboat L. N. Danzler, Her Engines, Tackle, Etc., in Rem, and Norfolk Dredging Company, in Personam
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 26, 1960No. 8088_1PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAYNSWORTH, Circuit Judge.
In accordance with the standard practice in the dredging industry in Norfolk and on the Eastern seaboard, a dredging company deducted from the wages paid one of its seamen, employed in various capacities aboard its dredges and other vessels, the sum of $1 for each day when rations were furnished by it. The seaman challenges the legality of the deduction. He seeks to recover the total of such deductions during a period of more than four years, together with statutory penalties for delay in payment of seaman’s wages.
The District Judge filed an opinion 1 in which he…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- United States v. Borden Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Posadas v. National City BankSupreme Court of the United States · 1936
- Wood v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1842
- United States v. TynenSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- Red Rock v. HenrySupreme Court of the United States · 1883
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Walter L. Compton, Jr. v. Alton Steamship Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1979
- John J. McConville v. Florida Towing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
- Henderson v. Arundel CorporationDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1966
- Cuevas v. Reading & Bates Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1983
- Mississippi Valley Barge Line Company v. Inland Waterways Shippers Association, Inc., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1961
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