Legal Opinion
William Morrell and Evaristo Valle v. United States of America, and Triple 'A' MacHine Shop, Inc.,appellee-Impleaded
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 29, 1962No. 17321_1PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Per curiam
The court below (Morrell v. United States, N.D.Cal.1960, 193 F.Supp. 705), following Lawlor v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Co., 2 Cir., 1960, 275 F.2d 599, cert. denied 363 U.S. 844, 80 S.Ct. 1614, 4 L.Ed.2d 1728, and other cases cited in its opinion, ruled that libellants, as shore-side repairmen, were entitled to a warranty of seaworthiness. We need not, and do not, reach that point. This because the court below held the United States was not liable on the theory of unseaworthiness, 1 nor under the theory of negligence. We hold there were sufficient facts to justify each of those holdings. And see…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Brass & Copper Workers Federal Labor Union No. 19,322 v. American Brass Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Cecil Lawlor v. Socony-Vacuum Oil Company, Inc., Now Known as Socony-Mobil Oil Company, Inc., and Third-Party and Bethlehem Steel Company, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- Glen Titus v. The Santorini and Sigalas and Kulukundis, ItsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1958
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Vann v. WillieCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1978
- Massa v. C.A. Venezuelan NavigacionDistrict Court, E.D. New York · 1962
- Bozanich v. Jo Ann Fisheries, Inc.California Court of Appeal · 1969
- St. Claire v. Mid-Continent Barge Lines Co.District Court, D. Minnesota · 1965
- Lupo v. Consolidated Mariners, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
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