Legal Opinion
Rodriquez v. United Fruit Co.
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided December 29, 1964No. Civ. A. Nos. 4691, 4692, 4730, 4757; No. 8488PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.
Each of the defendants in the foregoing civil actions is a corporation incorporated and having its principal office in a district other than that of the Eastern District of Virginia. The same is true as to' the in personam respondent in the admiralty action. The barge GERARD has not been arrested in the admiralty action.
The respective claimants seek relief under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688. The libelant in the admiralty case and the plaintiff in No. 4730 are alleged to be citizens and residents of Virginia. The other three plaintiffs allege that they are…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra Products Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Gemsco, Inc. v. WallingSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- In Re the Louisville UnderwritersSupreme Court of the United States · 1890
- Branic v. Wheeling Steel CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1946
- William W. Leith v. Oil Transport Company, Inc., and American Marine CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by5 opinions
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- The Pure Oil Company v. Pascual SuarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Dewey Fanning v. United Fruit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1966
- Terrebonne v. K-Sea Oprt PrtnshpCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 2007