Legal Opinion
Elijah Dubose v. Matson Navigation Company, a Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided November 12, 1968No. 22074PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BARNES, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal of an admiralty case arising under 46 U.S.C. § 688. Jurisdiction here rests on 28 U.S.C. § 1291.
The facts are not in dispute nor is the liability of the defendant. The two issues in this appeal, both of which relate to the legal consequences which attach to the facts are (1) Did the trial court err in concluding that appellant was contributorily negligent?, and (2) Did the trial court err in attributing 75% of the cause of the injury to appellant’s negligence? As to the latter issue, the appellant claims that the court’s conclusion was clearly erroneous…
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- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Socony-Vacuum Oil Co. v. SmithSupreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Palermo v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
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3Cited by32 opinions
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- Mroz v. Dravo Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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