Legal Opinion
Fuhr v. Newfoundland-St. Lawrence Shipping Ltd.
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided June 1, 1959PublishedCited by 8 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
THOMAS F. MURPHY, District Judge.
This is a claim, tried to the court by agreement of counsel, by an alien seaman against a Panamanian steamship company for overtime and statutory extra wages under Panamanian law. Plaintiff’s second claim for liquidated damages for failure to pay such wages was tried to a jury who returned a verdict for defendant.
Plaintiff, after trial, argues that both claims are properly in this court because they are bottomed on a federal statute, to wit, 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 596, 597, or on an alternate theory that since the jury tried claim was based on a federal statute the…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Bournias v. Atlantic Maritime Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1955
- Demmert v. DemmertDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1953
- Transportes Maritimos Do Estado v. AlmeidoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1925
- Jackson v. Kotzebue Oil SalesDistrict Court, D. Alaska · 1955
- Stavridis v. Cia Panamena Europa Navegacion Ltda.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
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3Cited by8 opinions
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- Jenetta W. Pickens v. The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1969
- Reid Sand & Gravel, Inc. v. Bellevue PropertiesCourt of Appeals of Washington · 1972
- Booth Oil Site Administrative Group v. Safety-Kleen Corp.District Court, W.D. New York · 2000
- Pittsburgh Hotels Ass'n v. Urban Redevelopment AuthorityDistrict Court, W.D. Pennsylvania · 1962
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