Roeder v. Alcoa Steamship Co.

HANNUM, District Judge.

This is an admiralty action commenced on June 9, 1967, by seaman-plaintiff Robert Roeder to recover $13.85 in wages, plus penalties, pursuant to 46 U.S.C. § 596 from his employer-defendant Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc. The Honorable William H. Kirkpatrick, Senior Judge, United States District Court, entered summary judgment in plaintiff’s favor for $32,450.55 plus interest, Roeder v. Alcoa Steamship Co., Inc., C.A. No. 42901 (E.D.Pa.1968). In an Opinion by the Honorable Francis L. Van Dusen, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, reversed and remanded for…