Legal Opinion
Tselentis v. Michalinos Maritime & Commercial Co.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided May 16, 1952PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Respondents move this court for a decree dismissing the libel on the ground that the court does not have jurisdiction of the subject matter of the suit, or, in the alternative, to decline to take jurisdiction on the ground that it is not a proper forum.
The action contains three causes: First, to recover for negligence based upon the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, and the general maritime law; second, to recover for unpaid wages; third, to recover penalties for the non-payment of those wages under 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 596 and 597.
Respondent corporation is a foreign…
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