Legal Opinion
Dasher v. United States
District Court, S.D. New York
Decided January 3, 1945PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GODDARD, District Judge.
The libelant, Dasher, a seaman, sues to recover wages and bonuses; also the two for one penalty provided in 46 U.S.C.A. §§ 596 and 597. The libel alleges that the United States, through its governmental agency, the War Shipping Administration, owned, operated and controlled the S. S. James Woodrow upon which Dasher was employed by the respondents as a fireman water tender at wages of $110 per month, plus 100 percent bonus and a $5 a day Mediterranean bonus; that on July 5, 1943, while Dasher was off duty and ashore at a Mediterranean port with permission, he sustained…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- The OsceolaSupreme Court of the United States · 1903
- Aguilar v. Standard Oil Co. of NJSupreme Court of the United States · 1943
- Missouri Pacific Railroad v. AultSupreme Court of the United States · 1921
- McCrea v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1934
3Cited by5 opinions
- Smith v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1948
- Warren v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1947
- Butler v. United States War Shipping AdministrationDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1946
- Keen v. United StatesDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1951
- Smith v. United StatesDistrict Court, E.D. Virginia · 1947