Legal Opinion
Seals v. States Marine Lines, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided October 18, 1960No. Civ. A. No. 9900PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
Defendant’s motion to dismiss presents the open question1 as to the applicability of the doctrine of laches to ad*399miralty actions on the law side of the court.
On October 25, 1952, the plaintiff, Willie Seals, while working in New Orleans as a longshoreman aboard the S.S. Old Dominion State, was injured. The Old Dominion State at the time was owned by States Marine Lines, Inc., a New York corporation, but had been demised to States Marine Lines, Inc., a Delaware corporation. On December 11, 1953, Seals brought suit against States Marine of New York in the state court of…
2Cases cited28 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Garrett v. Moore-McCormack Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
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3Cited by8 opinions
- Ralph O. Flowers v. Savannah MacHine & Foundry Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Louis J. Barrois, Sr. v. Nelda Faye, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- Dawson v. Fernley & EgerDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1961
- Howard v. Bishop Byrne Council Home, Inc.Court of Appeals of Maryland · 1968
- Istre v. Diamond M. Drilling CompanyLouisiana Court of Appeal · 1969
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