Legal Opinion
United States v. Benjamin Harrison and Jones Stevedoring Company
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 29, 1957No. 15054PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES ALGER FEE, Circuit Judge.
Benjamin Harrison, a longshoreman employed by Jones Stevedoring Company, filed libel against the United States, wherein it was alleged that the government was the owner of S.S. Private John R. Towle and that Harrison slipped, while unloading the vessel, on an accumulation of oil because of the negligence of the government agents. It was alleged also that the vessel was, by the accumulation, unseaworthy. The court permitted the Stevedoring Company to be impleaded by the government based upon allegations that, pursuant to the terms of the stevedoring agreement,…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- American President Lines, Ltd., a Corporation v. Marine Terminals Corp., a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- United States v. Rothschild International Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1950
- United States v. Arrow Stevedoring Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Antonio Paliaga v. Luckenbach Steamship Company, and Third-Party v. Turner & Blanchard, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Hugev v. Dampskisaktieselskabet InternationalDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1959
- Robert Bernard Smith, and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Whitehall Terminal CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1964
- Revel v. American Export Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1958
- James Thompson, in No. 14943 v. Trent Maritime Co., Ltd., in No. 14943. In No. 14913 v. B. H. Sobelman & Co., Inc., in No. 14913Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
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