Legal Opinion
Atlantic Land & Improvement Company v. United States
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided June 3, 1986No. 85-3728PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HENDERSON, Senior Circuit Judge:
This appeal focuses on the sole issue of whether a longshoreman in the peculiar circumstances of this case is a railroad employee. The plaintiff-appellant, Atlantic Land & Improvement Company (AL & I), is a wholly owned subsidiary of Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (SCL). Its primary function is to acquire and develop real estate for SCL.
AL & I owned and operated the Rockport facility (Rockport) in Tampa, Florida, which it leased to SCL. Rockport is a phosphate loading facility at which the mineral is transferred from SCL boxcars or SCL storage tanks onto ships.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Larry Bonner v. City of Prichard, AlabamaCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1981
- Anderson v. City of Bessemer CitySupreme Court of the United States · 1985
- Pullman-Standard v. SwintSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- United States v. SilkSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Badaracco v. CommissionerSupreme Court of the United States · 1984
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Hipp v. Liberty National Life InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2001
- International Insurance Co., a Corporation v. Alfred M. Johns, James W. McFadden Thomas v. Ogletree, Richard W. Sherman, and G. Paul WhortonCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1989
- Preferred Sites, LLC v. Troup CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2002
- United States v. William P. TrainorCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2004
- New Port Largo, Inc. v. Monroe CountyCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1993
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