Legal Opinion
United States v. Loyola
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 10, 1947No. 11240PublishedCited by 29 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
DENMAN, Circuit Judge.
The United States appeals from a decree in admiralty awarding appellee damages caused by .its failure to perform its contract to furnish maintenance and cure to appel-lee for his pulmonary tuberculosis, of which he became ill while a civil employee as room steward on a voyage from San Francisco to New Guinea on appellant’s army transport ETOLIN.
It is not questioned that if the contract 1 for maintenance and cure had not been performed by a private employer, both the employer in personam and the vessel would have' been liable. The appellant contends that it, as sovereign,…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Jamison v. EncarnacionSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by29 opinions
- Johansen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Murphy v. American Barge Line Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1948
- Calmar Steamship Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Vitco v. JoncichDistrict Court, S.D. California · 1955
- Nevelin W. Wilson, Libelant-Appellant v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1956
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