Legal Opinion
American Export Lines, Inc. v. Revel
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided April 8, 1959No. 7787PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.
In a civil action in the District Court, judgments were entered in favor of an injured longshoreman against the owner of a vessel; for the vessel’s owner against the United States, as charterer; and for the United States against the longshoreman’s employer, a stevedoring company.
The longshoreman, John Revel, was injured while standing on Pier 1, U.S. Army Base, Norfolk, Virginia, helping to load the American Export Line’s S.S. Executor. Export had leased space in the ship’s No. 1 hold to the United States pursuant to a contract with the Military Sea Transport Service…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Kermarec v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik FisserSupreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
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3Cited by55 opinions
- General Electric Company, and Third-Party v. Kelly C. Moretz, and Mason & Dixon Lines, Inc., Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1959
- John H. Williams v. Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and Third-Party v. William Spencer & Son Corporation, Third-PartyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
- Hylas N. Hastings v. Carl D. Mann, T/a Mann's Harbor Marina, Mann's Harbor, North CarolinaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Frank Drago v. A/s Inger, and Third-Party v. Daniels & Kennedy, Inc., Third-Party and Illinois Atlantic Corp., Third-Partydefendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1962
- Wiper v. Great Lakes Engineering WorksCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1965
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