Legal Opinion
United Fruit Co. v. United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corp.
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided May 29, 1930No. 3254PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BREWSTER, District Judge.
This is an action of contract, brought in the state court against the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation and removed to this court.
The case is presented upon defendant’s motion to dismiss, which followed closely upon the opinion in Johnson v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, 280 U. S. 320, 50 S. Ct. 118, 74 L. Ed. 451. The question involved is whether, under that decision, this court as a court of law has jurisdiction to entertain the suit.
In Johnson v. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corporation, supra, the…
2Cases cited19 opinions
- Insurance Co. v. DunhamSupreme Court of the United States · 1871
- North Pacific Steamship Co. v. Hall Bros. Marine Railway & Shipbuilding Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Eastern Transportation Co. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1927
- The BelfastSupreme Court of the United States · 1869
- Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet CorporationSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by13 opinions
- Costas Hadjipateras, Nicholas Hadjipateras and Dimitri Dracos v. Pacifica, S. A., and George TsakalotosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- E.S. Binnings, Inc. v. M/V Saudi RiyadhCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- Alaska Barge and Transport, Inc. v. The United StatesUnited States Court of Claims · 1967
- P. D. Marchessini & Co., (NEW YORK) Inc. v. Pacific Marine Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1964
- Pozero v. Alfa Travel, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 4th District (San Antonio)1993
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