Legal Opinion
Forster v. Oro Navigation Company
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided August 27, 1954PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BONDY, District Judge.
The claims of the plaintiff, an able-bodied seaman, arise out of the alleged wrongful discharge by the defendant, the owner and operator of the S. S. Eugenie, at Piraeus, Greece, and the neglect of her master to pay to the plaintiff his earned wages at the time of his discharge.
The plaintiff signed articles on the Eugenie in San Francisco, October 31, 1950 for a foreign voyage, a month after the Eugenie departed from Baltimore on that voyage. About a month later plaintiff was elected by the ship’s crew, union delegate, pursuant to an agreement between the defendant and…
2Cases cited23 opinions
- Isbrandtsen Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Collie v. FergussonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- McCrea v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1935
- The Fletero v. AriasCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1953
- Mavromatis v. United Greek Shipowners CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1950
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3Cited by19 opinions
- Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Southern Cross Steamship Co., Inc. v. Georgios FiripisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Gerassimos Vinieris v. Byzantine Maritime CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1984
- American Foreign Steamship Co. v. MatiseSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- James W. Swain, Jr. v. Isthmian Lines, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
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