Legal Opinion
Lastra v. New York & Porto Rico S. S. Co.
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided December 13, 1924No. 1571PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ANDERSON, Circuit Judge.
In the court below Judge Hamilton held that in Porto Rico the doctrine of Southern Pacific v. Jensen, 244 U. S. 205, 37 S. Ct. 524, 61 L. Ed. 1086, L. R. A. 1918C, 451, Ann. Cas. 1917E, 900, must be applied in admiralty, and consequently enjoined the enforcement of the Porto Rican Workmen’s Compensation Act as against the appellee.
No question is made that the Compensation Act (Laws Porto Rico 1918, p. 54) is applicable to the appellee unless Porto Rico, is, as to its substantive admiralty law, subject to the same limitations as one of the states of the United States.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Second Employers'liability CasesSupreme Court of the United States · 1912
- Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. StewartSupreme Court of the United States · 1920
- Downes v. BidwellSupreme Court of the United States · 1901
- American Insurance v. 356 Bales of CottonSupreme Court of the United States · 1828
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Jose Guerrido, Libellant v. Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1956
- Justino Lugo Vega v. The Steamship Malula, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., and Oscar G. Abello AmellerCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- Fermin Fonseca Flores v. Robert R. Prann, Jaime Fardonk Vazquez v. Porto Rico Lighterage Co., Roberto Galindo Ramos v. San Juan Dredging CorporationCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1960
- Alton v. AltonCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Alcoa Steamship Company, Inc. v. Antero Perez Rodriguez, LibelantCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1967
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