Legal Opinion
Caribbean Federation Lines v. Karl Dahl and Hjalmar Wiik
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided May 22, 1963No. 19927_1PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GROOMS, District Judge.
This is an appeal from a decree awarding Appellees Dahl and Wiik the sum of $13,299.74 and $10,654.70, respectively, against the SS AMIGO, her claimant and stipulator, for wages due, wages for the breach of contracts, penalty wages, subsistence, and cost of cure as to Dahl. 1
Appellees signed one-year contracts of employment with the master of the Amigo, a Liberian flag-vessel, in Bergen, Norway, on November 15, 1958, under the terms of which Dahl was engaged as chief engineer of the Amigo, at wages of $400.00 a month, and Wiik as chief mate of the vessel at $300.00 a…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- The Fletero v. AriasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Usatorre v. the VictoriaCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
- Forster v. Oro Navigation CompanyDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1954
- Mystic S. S. Co. v. StromlandCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by15 opinions
- L. C. Haynes v. Rederi A/s AladdinCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- John J. McConville v. Florida Towing CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1963
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- James W. Swain, Jr. v. Isthmian Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Danny L. Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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