Mike Hooks, Inc. v. Gonzalo Pena
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge.
To the never ceasing riddle of the ambiguous amphibious worker with its tricornered intramural controversy between state-federal compensation and the ubiquitous possibility of a pseudo-seaman’s claim 1 and the mutations in the vast body of the law as it passed through the phases of maritime but local, 2 the twilight zone, 3 the first-eome-first-served theory 4 and, as some might characterize the most recent development, the doctrine of the last chance, 5 this case adds a further wrinkle. The question is whether determination of a non-seaman status made by the…
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2Cases cited34 opinions
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Stoll v. GottliebSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Magnolia Petroleum Co. v. HuntSupreme Court of the United States · 1944
- Davis v. Department of Labor and Industries of Wash.Supreme Court of the United States · 1942
- Grant Smith-Porter Ship Co. v. RohdeSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
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- Bobby Jones Garden Apartments, Inc. v. F. R. SuleskiCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- D/S Ove Skou v. HebertCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1966
- Captain Tom Barber v. The Motor Vessel "Blue Cat", a 32' Catamaran, Her Engines, Apparel, Tackle and EquipmentCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- John R. Nations v. W. W. Morris and American Motorists Insurance Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- International Union United Automobile Aerospace & Agricultural Implement Workers Local 119 v. Johnson Controls, Inc., Texas Court of Appeals, 5th District (Dallas)1991
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