Legal Opinion
Panama Agencies Co. v. Franco
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided April 19, 1940No. 9123PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
Appellant, Panama Agencies Company, is a stevedoring company operating at Cristobal, Canal Zone, and appellee, Emene-jildo Franco, was on Sept. 23, 1937, a longshoreman employed by it in loading the steamship Director, moored at a Cristobal pier. A heavy steel girder about twelve inches wide which supports the hatch covering had been by appellant’s men, in Franco’s absence, placed on its narrow edge on the deck near the hatch 'combing. Franco was ordered by the foreman to strike another girder which had been placed across the hatch, to make it fall into place. The…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Panama Railroad v. JohnsonSupreme Court of the United States · 1924
- Chelentis v. Luckenbach Steamship Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1918
- Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. ImbrovekSupreme Court of the United States · 1914
- International Stevedoring Co. v. HavertySupreme Court of the United States · 1926
- Lindgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
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3Cited by21 opinions
- Seas Shipping Co. v. SierackiSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- Miguel Antonio Aparicio v. Swan Lake, Her Engines, Boilers, Tackle, Etc., Third Party v. Panama Canal Company, Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
- UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Tony Davis BALLARD, Defendant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Carumbo v. Cape Cod S. S. Co.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1941
- Anna Mahramas v. American Export Isbrandtsen Lines, Inc., and House of Albert, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1973
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