Legal Opinion
Tawada v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1947No. 11258PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORR, Circuit Judge.
Fred Tawada, by occupation a marine engineer, signed shipping articles for a voyage aboard the “Kate Douglas Wiggins” for a term not exceeding twelve months. The articles' were signed September 14, but were pre-dated to September 2, 1944. On September 13, the ship being tied up in port, Tawada was given the customary “pre-sign-on” medical examination by the Public Health Service to determine his physical fitness for sea duty, and for the purpose of determining whether or not he was afflicted with a contagious disease. As a part of the examination an X-ray of Tawada’s chest…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Lindquist v. DilkesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1942
- United States v. JohnsonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1947
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3Cited by37 opinions
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- Jose A. Perez, Plaintiff-Appellant-Appellee v. Suwanee Steamship Co., and Orion Shipping & Trading Co., Inc., Defendants-Appellees-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Edward L. Evans v. Blidberg Rothchild Company, Incorporated, Edward L. Evans v. Blidberg Rothchild Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
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