Legal Opinion
The Paula
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided July 19, 1937No. 389PublishedCited by 32 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SWAN, Circuit Judge.
This is an appeal from a final decree declining jurisdiction and dismissing the libel on the ground that both parties to the suit are aliens. The libelant was a German citizen employed as an ordinary seaman on the S. S. Paula, a vessel of Danish registry and ownership, which plies between ports of the United States and ports of South America. He signed shipping articles in a Chilean port for a voyage to Brooklyn, N. Y. While the vessel was at the intermediate port of Jacksonville, Fla., on August 4, 1936, the libelant was injured during the performance of his duties by a…
2Cases cited11 opinions
- Canada Malting Co. v. Paterson Steamships, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1932
- Uravic v. F. Jarka Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1931
- Plamals v. S. S. "Pinar Del Rio"Supreme Court of the United States · 1928
- Gerradin v. United Fruit Co.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1932
- The FalcoCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1927
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3Cited by32 opinions
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Aston Bartholomew v. Universe Tankships, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1959
- Southern Cross Steamship Co., Inc. v. Georgios FiripisCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1960
- Kyriakos v. GoulandrisCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1945
- O'Neill v. Cunard White Star, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1947
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