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EX PARTE KAWATO

No. 10, Original.

317 U.S. 69 (1942)

EX PARTE KUMEZO KAWATO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 9, 1942.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kumezo Kawato submitted pro se.

Mr. Lasher B. Gallagher argued the cause for Leon R. Yankwich, Judge.

Solicitor General Fahy and Mr. Robert L. Stern filed a brief on behalf of the United States, as amicus curiae, in support of petitioner.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, born in Japan, became a resident of the United States in 1905. April 15, 1941, he filed a libel in admiralty against the vessel Rally in the District Court for the Southern District of California. He claimed wages were due him for services as a seaman and fisherman on the Rally, and sought an allowance for maintenance and cure on allegations that he had sustained severe injuries while engaged in...

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