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GKIAFIS v. STEAMSHIP YIOSONAS

No. 9586.

342 F.2d 546 (1965)

Charilaos GKIAFIS, Appellant, v. STEAMSHIP YIOSONAS, her engines, boilers, boats, tackle, apparel and furniture, and Cia. Nav. Coronado, S. A., Panama, Owners and/or bareboat charterers, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided February 2, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Henry E. Howell, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Howell, Anninos & Daugherty, Norfolk, Va., and O'Connor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

Thomas W. Jamison, III, Baltimore, Md. (Randall C. Coleman, and Ober, Williams & Grimes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before SOBELOFF, Chief Judge, and BOREMAN and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges.

SOBELOFF, Chief Judge.

The question presented is as to the jurisdiction of the District Court over a foreign corporation in a libel filed by a seaman who sustained injuries while a member of the crew of the corporation's vessel. The injury occurred in the territorial waters of the district. This appeal is from the court's decision quashing service of process and dismissing the libel.

The S.S. YIOSONAS, a vessel owned...

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