Legal Opinion
McMahon v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 5, 1951No. 17PublishedCited by 347 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Jackson
Petitioner, a seaman, brought this suit in admiralty alleging in the first count a cause of action based on negligence and unseaworthiness, while in the second count he sought maintenance and cure. He alleged the actionable wrongs to have taken place in November and December .of 1945, but. he did not file his libel until January 22, 1948.
The Act which gives to seamen employed by the United States on government-owned vessels the same rights as those employed on privately owned and operated American vessels provides that claims like those of the petitioner, “. . . if administratively disallowed…
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- McMahon v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
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