Casey v. American Export Lines, Inc.

The judgment in favor of the plaintiff was affirmed in Casey v. American Export Lines, 2 Cir., 173 F.2d 324 but we directed that our mandate be withheld until the Supreme Court should decide the case of McAllister v. Cosmopolitan Shipping Company, 2 Cir., 169 F.2d 4, then pending on certiorari, 335 U.S. 870, 69 S.Ct. 167. The McAllister case was reversed on June 27, 1949 for the reason that a general agent under the standard form of agreement is not liable to a seaman injured by negligence of the officers or crew of a vessel owned-by the United States. 69 S.Ct. 1317. Consequently our decision…