Legal Opinion
Bobolakis v. Compania Panamena Maritima San Gerassimo, S.A.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided November 18, 1958PublishedCited by 44 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
IRVING R. KAUFMAN, District Judge.
Defendant Compania Panamena Maritima San Gerassimo, S. A. (hereinafter Compania) moves pursuant to Rule 12 (b) (1) Fed.R.Civ.P. 28 U.S.C.A. for an order dismissing the complaint for lack of jurisdiction over the subject matter insofar as the complaint states a claim under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688. By this same motion, defendant Compania also asks that the court in its discretion decline to take jurisdiction insofar as the complaint alleges a claim under the General Maritime Law.
Plaintiff, a seaman, brought this action at law under the Jones Act and…
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- Kathleen Troupe v. Chicago, Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
- Carroll v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1943
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