Legal Opinion
Ellerman Lines, Ltd. v. Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided January 22, 1965No. 14830_1PublishedCited by 123 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HASTIE, Circuit Judge.
The district court dismissed as premature a libel by Ellerman Lines, a shipowner, against Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores claiming indemnity “for all sums which it has been compelled to pay and to incur and for such additional sums as it may be required to pay hereafter” in connection with a suit, then and now pending in that court, by Nathan Eckles, a longshoreman employed by Atlantic & Gulf, against Ellerman for personal injury suffered during the stevedoring of Ellerman’s ship.
The libel alleged that, pursuant to a contract between the parties, Atlantic & Gulf had…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- American Stevedores, Inc. v. PorelloSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Unexcelled Chemical Corp. v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Jordine v. WallingCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1950
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