NACIREMA CO. v. JOHNSON

No. 9.

396 U.S. 212 (1969)

NACIREMA OPERATING CO., INC., ET AL. v. JOHNSON ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Reargued October 20, 1969.

Decided December 9, 1969.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall C. Coleman argued the cause for petitioners in No. 9 on the original argument and on the reargument. With him on the briefs was William B. Eley. Solicitor General Griswold argued the cause for petitioners in No. 16 on the original argument and on the reargument. With him on the brief were Assistant Attorney General Ruckelshaus and Lawrence G. Wallace.

John J. O'Connor, Jr., argued the cause and filed briefs for respondents Johnson et al. on the original argument and on the reargument in both cases. Ralph Rabinowitz argued the cause and filed a brief for respondent Avery on the original argument and on the reargument in both cases.

E. D. Vickery, Francis A. Scanlan, Scott H. Elder, and J. Stewart Harrison filed a brief for the National Maritime Compensation Committee as amicus curiae urging reversal in both cases.

Briefs of amici curiae urging affirmance in both cases were filed by Louis Waldman and Seymour M. Waldman for the International Longshoremen's Association, AFLCIO, and by Paul S. Edelman for the American Trial Lawyers Association.


MR. JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

The single question of statutory construction presented by these cases is whether injuries to longshoremen occurring on piers permanently affixed to shore are compensable under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act of 1927 (Longshoremen's Act), 44 Stat. 1424, 33 U. S. C. §§ 901-950.

Johnson and Klosek were employed by the Nacirema Operating Company as longshoremen; Avery was...

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