Legal Opinion
Johnson v. United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided January 6, 1930No. 5, 32, 56, and 123PublishedCited by 144 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Butler
No. 5.
August 1, 1920, petitioner was an unemployed seaman. The steamship Jacksonville, then lying in the port of Jacksonville, Florida, was a merchant vessel owned by the United States and operated for it by the Fleet Corporation. On that day, petitioner went aboard to seek employment and, when returning to the shore, fell from the gangplank and suffered serious injuries. This is an action at law brought by him in April, 1923, against the Fleet Corporation in the Supreme Court of New York to recover damages for such injuries. The complaint alleges that, due to the negligence of the…
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- United States Shipping Bd. Emergency Fleet Corporation v. Rosenberg Brothers & Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
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