Legal Opinion
Lewis v. Baune
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided July 6, 1976No. 75-3339PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a permanent injunction and a conviction of contempt for violating an earlier temporary restraining order issued by the District Court. We reverse.1
*1118 Facts
The genesis of this case was a ship collision between the Norwegian Steamship BAUNE and the American Steamship KEY TRADER in the Mississippi River on January 18, 1974, in which several Jamaican seamen were killed. In Jamaica, four days after the collision, various family members and alleged dependents of the deceased seamen signed contingency fee employment contracts2 with the Baton Rouge law firm…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of NarcoticsSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Sampson v. MurraySupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Maness v. MeyersSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Vaughan v. AtkinsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by7 opinions
- Veronica Lewis, Individually Etc., Naomi Barry Pottinger, Individually, Etc., Vincent Lewis, Daisy Llewellyn, and Margaret Clark, Individually, Etc. v. S. S. Baune, in the Matter of Skibs A/s Baumare and Torvald Klaveness, as Owner Andmanaging Owner of the S/s Baune, Petitioning for Exoneration From or Limitationof Liability v. Phyllis Hoyt, Claimants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- Twm Manufacturing Company, Inc., and Turner Quick-Lift Corporation, Plaintiffs v. Dura Corporation and Kidde, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
- Kathey Marchand Stipelcovich, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Deceased Noel F. Stipelcovich v. Sand Dollar Marine, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Pine Township Citizens' Ass'n v. ArnoldDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1978
- Alvin Ray Cooper and Amy Marie Hernandez-Cooper v. Reon Raissez, et al.District Court, N.D. Texas · 2025
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