Legal Opinion
American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 12, 1980No. 79-1PublishedCited by 193 opinions
1Judgment of the CourtJustice Brennan, joined by Justice White, Justice Blackmun, and Justice Stevens
Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet, 414 U. S. 573 (1974), held that under the nonstatutory maritime wrongful-death action fashioned by Moragne v. States Marine Lines, 398 U. S. 375 (1970), the widow of a longshoreman mortally injured aboard a vessel in state territorial waters could recover damages for the loss of her deceased husband’s “society.” 1 The *276question in this case is whether general maritime law authorizes the wife of a harbor worker injured nonfatally aboard a vessel in state territorial waters to maintain an action for damages for the loss of her husband’s society. We conclude…
2Cases cited53 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Cox Broadcasting Corp. v. CohnSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1964
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3Cited by193 opinions
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- People v. KanNew York Court of Appeals · 1991
- Norwest v. Presbyterian Intercommunity HospitalOregon Supreme Court · 1982
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