Legal Opinion
Roper v. United States
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided February 26, 1959No. 7818PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WALTER E. HOFFMAN, District Judge.
The crucial question in this case is whether the warranty of seaworthiness, extended to a longshoreman working aboard a vessel while loading or unloading cargo under the doctrine enunciated in Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki, 328 U.S. 85, 66 S.Ct. 872, 90 L.Ed. 1099, is-applicable where the vessel being unloaded is dead and deactivated, but is being used by the Government for surplus grain storage. The Government contracts with a General Agent for certain services with respect to dead and deactivated vessels and, if the ship is merely used as a part of the…
2Cases cited25 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Alaska Steamship Co. v. PettersonSupreme Court of the United States · 1954
- Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Petterson v. Alaska S. S. Co., IncCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1953
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3Cited by5 opinions
- Roper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961
- McKnight v. NM Paterson & Sons, LimitedDistrict Court, N.D. Ohio · 1960
- Noel v. Isbrandtsen Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1959
- Lupo v. Consolidated Mariners, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1966
- Roper v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1961