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SANDERLIN v. OLD DOMINION STEVEDORING CORPORATION

No. 8647.

261 F.Supp. 281 (1966)

C. C. SANDERLIN, Libelant, v. OLD DOMINION STEVEDORING CORPORATION, Respondent.

United States District Court E. D. Virginia, Norfolk Division.

December 12, 1966.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kelsey & Rabinowitz, Sidney H. Kelsey, Norfolk, Va., for libelant.

Vandeventer, Black, Meredith & Martin, Walter B. Martin, Jr., Norfolk, Va., for respondent.

MEMORANDUM

WALTER E. HOFFMAN, Chief Judge.

Filed prior to the effective date of the new Rules merging, with certain exceptions, the civil and admiralty practice heretofore followed, the controlling issue is —

Does admiralty have jurisdiction over an action for personal injuries filed by a shipowner's employee against a stevedore where the accident occurred on a pier?

Since the injury did not occur on navigable waters, as the pier...

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