Legal Opinion
Bounds v. Streckfus Steamers, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided January 26, 1950No. Civ. A. 1250PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RODNEY, District Judge.
This is an action instituted by a merchant seaman to recover damages under the Jones Act, 41 Stat. 1007, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. The defendant is a corporation organized under the laws of the State of Delaware with its principal office in St. Louis, Missouri, and also maintaining an office and doing business in New Orleans, Louisiana. The present questions arise upon motion of the defendant to transfer the action to the Eastern District of Louisiana, New Orleans Division.
As disclosed by the complaint and as corrected by the brief, the plaintiff was a deck hand on the S.S.…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Bagner v. Blidberg Rothchild Co.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1949
- Burris v. Matson Nav. Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1940
- Ebanks v. Grace Line, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1947
3Cited by10 opinions
- Thomas F. Drabik v. Honorable Thomas F. Murphy, United States District JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1957
- Glickenhaus v. Lytton Financial CorporationDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1962
- The Pure Oil Company v. Pascual SuarezCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Phillips v. Pope & Talbot, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1952
- Petition of BackmanDistrict Court, D. Delaware · 1954
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