Legal Opinion
Robert Bernard Smith, and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Whitehall Terminal Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided August 24, 1964No. 9405PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge:
Libelant, Robert Bernard Smith, a longshoreman employed by the Whitehall Terminal Corporation, filed an action under the Suits in Admiralty Act, 46 U.S. C.A. § 741 et seq., to recover damages for personal injuries sustained while working aboard the USNS GOLDEN EAGLE, a vessel oyvned by the United States. A third-party complaint was thereafter brought by the United States against Whitehall for indemnity on the alternate grounds of breach of the express terms of the stevedoring contract or of the implied warranty of workmanlike service.
After a trial before the court…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- McAllister v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Guzman v. PichiriloSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- George W. Dixon, Libelant-Appellee v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by46 opinions
- Thomas D. Joyce v. Atlantic Richfield Company, a Pennsylvania CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1981
- Deborah Furka, Administratrix of the Estate of Paul Furka, Deceased v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1985
- Augustus Chavis v. Finnlines Ltd., O/yCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- William Rivera v. Farrell Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
- Mumma v. Reading CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
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