GRIVAS v. ALIANZA COMPANIA ARMADORA


150 F.Supp. 708 (1957)

George GRIVAS, Zois Trilivas, Pavlos Asvastos, Andreas Theodossis, Panagiotis Mparmpousis, Ioannis Chamkothoris, Stavros Frangeskatos, Anastasios Stranzakis, Manolis Mersinias and Christos Kalsatidis, Libelants, v. ALIANZA COMPANIA ARMADORA S.A., Trans World Marine Transport Corporation, Ioannis Bielis, John Doe and THE S.S. NIKI, her engines, tackle, boilers, etc., Respondents.

United States District Court S. D. New York.

April 25, 1957.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lebovici & Safir, New York City, for libelants, Isaac Salem, New York City, of counsel.

Frederick H. Cunningham, New York City, for respondents, Victor S. Cichanowicz, New York City, of counsel.


DAWSON, District Judge.

This is an action brought by a group of Greek seamen who were hired in New York as part of a crew of a ship then on the West Coast. The ship had a Liberian registry but was owned by a Panamanian corporation. After the crew boarded the vessel on the West Coast various arguments and disputes arose between the crew and the officers, with the result that some weeks thereafter the crew went on a sit-down strike and refused to work and refused to...

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