Legal Opinion
Ferreira v. Sawayama-Kisen KK
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 30, 1959PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DIMOCK, District Judge.
The answer of defendant and third party plaintiff contains, as a third defense, a claim of lack of jurisdiction.
Plaintiff moves to strike this defense or, if that motion is denied, for an order transferring the cause to the admiralty calendar of this court.
Plaintiff, a foreign citizen, brings this civil action against two foreign corporations for injuries allegedly sustained while working aboard a vessel known as the S.S. Alaska Maru while it was in the navigable waters of the United States. Plaintiff alleges in the complaint that defendants owned, operated and…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllisterSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Lesnik v. Public Industrials CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1944
- Aston Bartholomew v. Universe Tankships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Doucette v. VincentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1952
- Sheppard v. Atlantic States Gas Co. of Pennsylvania, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
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- United States v. Mecca Export Corp.United States Court of International Trade · 1986