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AMERICAN FOREIGN S. S. CO. v. MATISE

No. 74-966.

423 U.S. 150 (1975)

AMERICAN FOREIGN STEAMSHIP CO. v. MATISE.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided December 16, 1975.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Francis L. Tetreault argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was John A. Flynn.

Eric J. Schmidt argued the cause and submitted a brief for respondent.

MR. JUSTICE MARSHALL delivered the opinion of the Court.

Granville C. Matise, a seaman, brought this suit alleging that upon his discharge from the S. S. American Hawk, petitioner, the ship's owner, withheld $510 in wages from him. Matise claimed that, pursuant to Rev. Stat. § 4529, as amended, 46 U. S. C. § 596, he was entitled to two days' pay for every day that payment of the $510 had been delayed.

Title 46 U. S. C. § 596 provides...

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