GAYNOR v. AGWILINES, INC.

No. 9580.

169 F.2d 612 (1948)

GAYNOR v. AGWILINES, Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Decided August 4, 1948.

Writ of Certiorari Granted November 22, 1948.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman, of Philadelphia, Pa. (Freedman, Landy & Lorry, of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellant.

Thomas E. Byrne, Jr., of Philadelphia, Pa. (Rowland C. Evans, Jr., and Krusen, Evans & Shaw, all of Philadelphia, Pa., on the brief), for appellee.

Leavenworth Colby, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., (H. Geo. Morison, Acting Asst. Atty. Gen., and J. Frank Staley, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., Admiralty and Shipping Section, Department of Justice, on the brief), for amicus curiae.

Before BIGGS, MARIS, GOODRICH McLAUGHLIN, and O'CONNELL, Circuit Judges.


Writ of Certiorari Granted November 22, 1948. See 69 S.Ct. 162.

MARIS, Circuit Judge.

The plaintiff, Isaac Gaynor, an American seaman, on September 10, 1945, signed shipping articles as a member of the crew of the S. S. Christopher Gadsden for a foreign voyage from Philadelphia for a period not exceeding twelve months. The Christopher Gadsden was a vessel built and owned by the United States and was being operated for the United States by the War Shipping...

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