Legal Opinion
Roth v. Bird
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided December 26, 1956No. 16177PublishedCited by 30 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RIVES, Circuit Judge.
This appeal is taken from a judgment entered upon a directed verdict in favor of appellees in a consolidated negligence' suit brought under the Jones Act1 to recover for the death of three seamen, as a result of alleged negligent loading causing unseaworthiness of the M/V Win-gate. The vessel was presumably lost at sea about December 22, 1949, while carrying a cargo of raw coffee on a voyage' from Matanzas, Cuba to New Orleans, Louisiana. The errors most seriously urged, and hereafter considered seria-tim, relate to the court’s action (1) in. refusing appellant’s…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Lindgren v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1930
- Schulz v. Pennsylvania RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1956
- George W. Whiteman v. Elsoyd PitrieCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
- Bratt v. Western Air Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1946
- Commercial Credit Corp. v. PepperCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1951
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3Cited by30 opinions
- Walter J. Cobb, on Behalf of Themselves and All Others Similarly Situated v. Jerry LewisCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1974
- Costas Hadjipateras, Nicholas Hadjipateras and Dimitri Dracos v. Pacifica, S. A., and George TsakalotosCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1961
- United States v. 60.14 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situate in Warren and McKean Counties, State of Pennsylvania, and Arthur W. SeibelCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1966
- Laurice v. Cox v. Esso Shipping CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1957
- Harold Yanow v. Weyerhaeuser Steamship Company, a CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1959
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