Legal Opinion
Roper v. United States
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 6, 1961No. 16PublishedCited by 86 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Clark
Petitioner, a longshoreman, brought this libel in personam against the United States pursuant to the Suits in Admiralty Act, § 2, 41 Stat. 525, 46 U. S. C. § 742.1 Claiming injuries suffered while aboard a government ship removing grain to an elevator, petitioner sought recovery *21on the grounds of unseaworthiness and negligence. The District Court dismissed the libel after finding that there was no negligence, and that since the ship in fact was not in navigation there was no warranty of seaworthiness. 170 F. Supp. 763. This dismissal was affirmed by a divided Court of Appeals, 282 F. 2d 413,…
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