REED v. THE YAKA

No. 509.

373 U. S. 410 (1963)

REED v. THE YAKA ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 27, 1963.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham E. Freedman argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

T. E. Byrne, Jr. argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief for Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. was Mark D. Alspach. Thomas F. Mount filed a brief for The Yaka.


MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

Petitioner, a longshoreman, filed a libel in rem in a United States District Court against the steamship Yaka to recover for injuries he sustained while engaged in loading the vessel. The Yaka's owner, Waterman Steamship Corporation, appeared as claimant of the ship but brought in as an additional defendant petitioner's employer, Pan-Atlantic Steamship...

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