Legal Opinion
Johnson v. Isbrandtsen Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided May 19, 1950No. 367 of 1948, AdmiraltyPublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.
In this suit in admiralty the libellant seeks to recover earned wages, double wages under the provisions of R.S. 4529, 46 U.S.C.A. § 596, and transportation from Philadelphia to Seattle under the shipping articles. The amount of earned wages is $439.27.
The facts upon which the respondent’s affirmative defense and counterclaim are based are fully established by the evidence. I find that while at sea the libellant without justification attacked another member of the crew with a knife and wounded him so severely that it was necessary to divert the vessel from its course…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Collie v. FergussonSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- City of MontgomeryDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1913
- Burns v. Fred L. Davis Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1921
- Oldfield v. FairfieldCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949
3Cited by5 opinions
- Isbrandtsen Co. v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Ladzinski v. Sperling Steamship and Trading Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Johnson v. Isbrandtsen Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1951
- Keen v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- Swain v. Isthmian Lines, Inc.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965