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McCULLUM v. UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION

No. 72-1857.

493 F.2d 501 (1974)

King A. McCULLUM, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. UNITED INTERNATIONAL CORPORATION and Hamilton Transport Co., Defendants-Appellees, and American Bulk Loading Enterprises, Inc., a corporation, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

March 11, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Newton R. Brown, Wilmington, Cal. (argued), for plaintiff-appellant.

Kenneth R. Chiate (argued) and Joseph G. Davis, Jr., of Lillick, McHose, Wheat, Adams & Charles, Kirtland & Packard, Law Firm, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendants-appellees.

Before WRIGHT, KILKENNY and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PER CURIAM:

The admiralty jurisdiction of the district court is in question on this appeal. The plaintiff-appellant was a longshoreman, employed by a stevedore company when he was injured on the pier in the course of unloading the defendant's ship. Due either to a malfunction of a shore-based crane or to its improper operation by a fellow stevedore, a piece of cargo fell from the crane and struck the plaintiff as the crane swung from the ship to...

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