Legal Opinion
Mpampouros v. Steamship Auromar
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided April 6, 1962No. 4292PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, District Judge.
This case tests the quantum of American contact necessary to sustain jurisdiction under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. Should the Court hold the Jones Act inapplicable here, the subsidiary question is presented whether the Court should decline jurisdiction of the causes of action not asserted under the Jones Act.
By his amended libel, libelant asserts three causes of action: First, a libel in rem based upon a claim for damages under either American general maritime law or Liberian general maritime law (the law of the flag which the vessel was flying, alleged to be the…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Aston Bartholomew v. Universe Tankships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Carroll v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
- Southern Cross Steamship Co., Inc. v. Georgios FiripisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Gerradin v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
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3Cited by11 opinions
- Mattes v. National Hellenic American Line, S. A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1977
- Tsakonites v. Transpacific Carriers Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1965
- Serrano v. Empresa Lineas Maritimas ArgentinasDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1966
- Gkiafis v. Steamship YiosonasDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1966
- Gkiafis v. Steamship YiosonasDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1963
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