Legal Opinion
Alejandro Nunez-Lozano v. Oivind Lorentzen Rederi
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 5, 1980No. 80-3120PublishedCited by 15 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge:
In November 1975, appellant Alejandro Nunez-Lozano, a citizen of Honduras, signed on as a seaman on a Norwegian vessel. While in Honduras, appellant had sent a letter to the Scandinavian Union in New Orleans requesting a seaman’s job. When a reply letter made the job prospect appear promising, appellant came to New Orleans and secured work on the M/S NO-PAL VEGA within a few weeks. His seaman’s contract on the vessel, which is Norwegian registered and manned almost exclusively by Norwegians, was signed in New Orleans.
That same month, while the M/S NOPAL VEGA was docked at…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Hellenic Lines Ltd. v. RhoditisSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Iordanis Anastasiadis v. S.S. Little JohnCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1965
- Merren v. A/S BorgestadCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1975
- Concacis Yohanes v. Ayers Steamship Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1971
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