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USNER v. LUCKENBACH OVERSEAS CORP.

No. 47.

400 U.S. 494 (1971)

USNER v. LUCKENBACH OVERSEAS CORP. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 25, 1971

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

H. Alva Brumfield argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Evangeline M. Vavrick and H. Alva Brumfield III.

Charles Kohlmeyer, Jr., argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief were Thomas W. Thorne, Jr., and Benjamin W. Yancey.

Arthur J. Mandell filed a brief for the American Trial Lawyers Association as amicus curiae urging reversal.

MR. JUSTICE STEWART delivered the opinion of the Court.

The petitioner, a longshoreman employed by an independent stevedoring contractor, was injured while engaged with his fellow employees in loading cargo aboard the S. S. Edgar F. Luckenbach. He brought this action for damages against the respondents, the owner and the charterer of the ship, in a federal district court, alleging that his injuries had been caused...

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