Legal Opinion
Casey v. Calmar Steamship Corporation
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 23, 1956No. Civ. A. 1652PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WRIGHT, District Judge.
This is a diversity action by a stevedore for an alleged personal injury incurred while loading one of defendant’s vessels in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The plaintiff is a citizen and resident of Pennsylvania, and the defendant, Cal-mar Steamship Corporation (hereinafter referred to as “Calmar”), is a corporation of the State of Delaware.
The action was commenced on October 11, 1954. On January 9, 1956, the matter was scheduled for trial on February 20, 1956. One month before the original trial date the defendant presented a motion to postpone the trial for a period of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. HawnSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1952
- Wetherbee v. Elgin, Joliet & Eastern Ry. Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Moyses v. Spartan Asphalt Paving Co.Michigan Supreme Court · 1970
- Merritt-Chapman & Scott Corporation v. Bernice M. FrazierCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1961
- Lyons v. Marrud, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1968
- Cleveland-Cliffs Iron Co. v. First State InsuranceMichigan Court of Appeals · 1981
- Johns Hopkins University v. HuttonDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 1966
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