Legal Opinion
Kane v. Union of Soviet Socialist Republics
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided March 27, 1950No. 499PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
McGRANERY, District Judge.
On November 30, 1949, this libel was filed against several respondents to recover damages for personal injuries alleged to have been sustained by libellant on January 4, 1946, while performing the services of a longshoreman aboard the vessel S. S. Michael Kutuzof in the Port of Philadelphia. The Haenn Ship Ceiling and Refitting Corporation, one of the respondents, has *436filed a peremptory exception to the libel on the ground of laches.
The equitable doctrine of laches, which is applied by district courts sitting in admiralty (see Benedict on Admiralty, vol. 3, page 290…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Holmberg v. ArmbrechtSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Southern Pacific Co. v. BogertSupreme Court of the United States · 1919
- Galliher v. CadwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- Loverich v. Warner Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1941
- Redman v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1949
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3Cited by9 opinions
- Kane v. Union of Soviet Socialist RepublicsCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Morales v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1953
- United Nations Relief & Rehabilitation Administration v. the MormacmailDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- McChristian v. Lykes Bros. S. S. Co.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1950
- Slepski v. Dravo Corp.District Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1951
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