Legal Opinion
Panama Mail S. S. Co. v. Vargas
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided July 15, 1929No. 5738PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RUDKIN, Circuit Judge.
This was a libel by a passenger to recover damages for a criminal assault by one of the officers of the ship. October 10, 1927, the libelant became a passenger on the steamship Ecuador, bound from La Libertad for San Francisco, arriving in the latter port October 21, 1927. The libel alleged that about 6 o’clock on the morning of October 12, 1927, the second steward of the vessel entered the stateroom of the libelant, when she was seasick and nauseated, and violently assaulted her, and against her will and consent and against her resistance forcibly had sexual intercourse…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Dean v. . RapleeNew York Court of Appeals · 1895
- Jensen v. LawrenceWashington Supreme Court · 1916
- Kramer v. WeigandNebraska Supreme Court · 1912
- Schenk v. DunkelowMichigan Supreme Court · 1888
- Linville v. GreenMissouri Court of Appeals · 1907
3Cited by5 opinions
- Workman v. LewisCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1932
- Russell v. Texas Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1956
- Ayers v. Oceanic & Oriental Nav. Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1936
- Theodore B. Russell v. The Texas Company, a Corporation, Frederick T. Manning Drilling Company, a Corporation, and the Northern Pacific Railway Company, a Corporation, the Texas Company, a Corporation v. Theodore B. RussellCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1957
- Menefee v. W. R. Chamberlin Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1949