Legal Opinion
Morales v. City of Galveston
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 11, 1962No. 480PublishedCited by 111 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Stewart
On the afternoon of March 14, 1957, the S. S. Grel-rnarion was berthed at Galveston, Texas, taking on a cargo of wheat from a pierside grain elevator owned and operated by the city. The wheat was being loaded directly from the elevator into the ship by means of a spout. The petitioners were longshoremen engaged in “trimming” the wheat as it was received in the offshore bin of the vessel’s No. 2 hold, which was then about three-quarters full. A last “shot” of grain was. called for and was released into the bin. The grain in this last shot had been treated with a chemical insecticide, and the…
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