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WALDRON v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES

No. 233.

386 U.S. 724 (1967)

WALDRON v. MOORE-McCORMACK LINES, INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided May 8, 1967.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Theodore H. Friedman argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

William M. Kimball argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE BLACK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The single legal question presented by this case is whether a vessel is unseaworthy when its officers assign too few crewmen to perform a particular task in a safe and prudent manner. It is to resolve this question, which the lower courts answered in the negative1 and which has caused a conflict among circuits,2 that we granted certiorari. 385 U.S. 810....

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