Legal Opinion
Ferrante v. Swedish American Lines
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided April 16, 1964No. Nos. 14146, 14147PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KALODNER, Circuit Judge.
The District Judge found that the negligence of a stevedore in using a faulty method in discharging a ship’s cargo did not make the ship unseaworthy or negligent and this appeal and cross-appeal followed.1
The issues presented are whether the District Court used proper legal standards in arriving at its findings that the ship was neither negligent nor unsea-worthy. The libellants contend that the-District Court’s fact-findings were “clearly erroneous” because they were the end result of the failure to apply proper legal standards.
Since the District Court’s Findings of…
2Cases cited23 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
- Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1962
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1967
- Grigsby v. Coastal Marine Service of Texas, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Stephen Edynak v. Atlantic Shipping Inc. Cie. Chambon MacLovia S. A. v. Allied Chemical Company, Atlantic Shipping, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Robert Spann v. J. LauritzenCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1965
- Louis Antoine v. Lake Charles Stevedores, Inc., Lykes Brothers Steamship Company, Inc. And the Travelers Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
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