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WARREN v. UNITED STATES.

No. 87.

340 U.S. 523 (1951)

WARREN v. UNITED STATES.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided February 26, 1951.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Saul Sperling and Charles A. Ellis argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Leavenworth Colby argued the cause for the United States. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Perlman, Acting Assistant Attorney General Clapp, James L. Morrisson and Samuel D. Slade.

Walter X. Connor and Vernon Sims Jones filed a brief for the United States Lines Company, as amicus curiae, urging affirmance.

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner seeks in this suit maintenance and cure from the United States, as owner of S. S. Anna Howard Shaw. Petitioner was a messman who went ashore on leave while the vessel was at Naples in 1944. He and two other members of the crew first did some sightseeing. Then the three of them drank one bottle of wine and went to a dance hall, where they stayed an hour and a half, dancing. There was a room adjoining...

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