Legal Opinion
Walter L. Compton, Jr. v. Alton Steamship Company, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided October 5, 1979No. 78-1569PublishedCited by 308 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:
The plaintiff/appellee merchant seaman Compton signed on for a foreign voyage aboard the vessel SS TEX, owned by the defendant/appellant Alton Steamship Co., Inc. but under bareboat charter to Bulk Food Carriers. The foreign voyage terminated at Norfolk, Virginia, on April 14, 1976, at which time the plaintiff was paid all his earned wages and a certificate of discharge from foreign articles was duly entered by a United States Shipping Commissioner. 1 The vessel then entered a shipyard at Norfolk for repairs and remained there until April 20. On that date the…
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