Legal Opinion
Matthew Joseph Leonard v. Liberty Mutual Insurance Company and Morris Boney, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided June 30, 1959No. 12776PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GOODRICH, Circuit Judge.
This case raises the question whether the employee of a stevedoring company may have the benefit of the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 2201, 2202 (1952) as amended 28 U.S.C. § 2201 (Supp. V 1958), to determine his rights under the Longshoremen’s and Harbor Workers’ Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. §§ 901-950 (1957). The district court said he could, D.C.E.D.Pa.1958, 165 F.Supp. 154, and the employer and his insurance carrier appeal.
Plaintiff was a longshoreman employed by Morris Boney, Inc., a stevedoring company which was insured by Liberty Mutual Insurance…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Southern Pacific Company v. JensenSupreme Court of the United States · 1916
- Czaplicki v. the Hoegh SilvercloudSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Edward Johnson v. Sword Line, Inc., a New York CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1958
- Simmons v. MarshallCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1938
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3Cited by16 opinions
- Thibodeaux v. J. Ray McDermott & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. DonovanCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1960
- American-Foreign Steamship Corp. v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1961
- Neal v. McGinnis, Inc.District Court, E.D. Kentucky · 1989
- Universal Terminal & Stevedoring Corp. v. ParkerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1978
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