Legal Opinion

West v. United States

Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit

Decided July 2, 1958No. 12507PublishedCited by 7 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for the respondent in a personal injury case brought by the libelant against the United States as owner of a ship called “S.S. Mary Austin.” The case is here for the second time. Following the first hearing, we sent it back to the district court for a further finding which has been *672made, 3 Cir., 1957, 246 F.2d 443. The case comes to us after a very competent discussion of its problems by the trial judge, D.C.E.D.Pa.1956, 143 F.Supp. 473, which has already been cited with approval by other courts.1 We do not need to state more than a…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
  2. Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  3. Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1944
  4. Desper v. Starved Rock Ferry Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
  5. Read v. United States. United States Maritime Commission v. Williams Appeal of VassilopoulusCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953

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3Cited by7 opinions

  1. 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
  2. George Hopson v. Texaco, Inc., Rebecca B. Reynolds, Administratrix of the Estate of Frederick Clementreynolds, Deceased v. Texaco, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
  3. Roper v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1959
  4. Yost v. General Electric CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1959
  5. Allen v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1959

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