LEWIS v. TEXACO, INC.

No. 233, Docket 75-7233.

527 F.2d 921 (1975)

Earl B. LEWIS et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. TEXACO INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided December 9, 1975.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James S. McMahon, Jr., New York City (Bigham Englar Jones & Houston, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellant.

Ned R. Phillips, New York City (Abraham E. Freedman, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Before MOORE, FEINBERG and VAN GRAAFEILAND, Circuit Judges.


FEINBERG, Circuit Judge:

This is an action by 32 seamen for statutory remedies arising out of a breach of shipping articles by their employer, defendant Texaco Inc. After a non-jury trial in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Judge Constance Baker Motley, in an opinion reported at 1975 A.M.C. 61 (S.D.N.Y.1974), awarded plaintiffs an amount equal to one month's wages under 46 U.S.C. § 594, prejudgment interest and counsel fees...

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