Legal Opinion
Shilman v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided December 4, 1947No. 69, Docket 20737PublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
AUGUSTUS N. HAND, Circuit Judge.
The libellant sues in admiralty to recover $200 wages earned by him as a member of the crew of the merchant vessel Eli Whitney. The vessel was owned by the United States and operated by Grace Line, Inc., as agent, pursuant to the usual General Agency Agreement. The libellant was employed on the vessel as a wiper and while so employed earned the sum of $406.86 as wages between May 25, 1943, and August 1, 1943.
On or about July 31, 1943, while the vessel was in the Port of Tunisia, North Africa, then an active theatre of war, the libellant was arrested by…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Caldarola v. EckertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hust v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Wilder v. Inter-Island Steam Navigation Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1908
- Hines v. United States Ex Rel. MarshCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1939
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3Cited by38 opinions
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- Fink v. Shepard Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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