WILLIAMS v. NEW ORLEANS S. S. ASS'N

Civ. A. No. 71-873.

466 F.Supp. 662 (1979)

George James WILLIAMS, Duralph S. Hayes and Ernest W. Turner, Jr., Individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, v. NEW ORLEANS STEAMSHIP ASSOCIATION, Abingdon Steamship Corp., Riverside Stevedore, Inc., Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., Ayers Steamship Company, Inc., Cooper Stevedoring of Louisiana, Inc., Dalton Steamship Corp., Delta Steamship Lines, Inc., Gulf Motorships, Inc., Hansen and Tidemann, Inc., Gulf Stevedore Corp., Edmond Loeliger, Inc., Lykes Brothers Steamship Co., Inc., New Orleans Stevedoring Company, Norton, Lilly and Company, Inc., Dixie Stevedores, Inc., Rogers Terminal and Shipping Corp., Ryan Stevedoring Company, Inc., T. Smith & Son, Inc., Southern Stevedoring Company, Inc., States Marine-Isthrainian Agency, Inc., Strachan Shipping Company, Texas Transport and Terminal Company, Inc., J. P. Florio and Company, Inc., Texla Stevedores, Inc., United Fruit Company, Inc., United States Stevedore Corp., Waterman Steamship Corp., International Longshoremen Association, Local 1418 General Longshore Workers, I.L.A., 1419 General Longshore Workers, I.L.A., Local 1802 Sacksewers, Sweepers, Waterboys and Coopers, I.L.A., Local 1683 Sacksewers, Sweepers, Waterboys and Coopers, I.L.A., and Pelican Stevedoring Company, Inc.

United States District Court, E. D. Louisiana, Section B.

February 14, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Strickler, Jr., New Orleans, La., Richard B. Sobol, Sobol & Trister, Richard T. Seymour, Washington, D. C., for plaintiffs.

Andrew P. Carter, David E. Walker, Monroe & Lemann, New Orleans, La., for New Orleans S. S. Ass'n and others.

Seymour M. Waldman, New York City, for Intern. Longshoremen's Ass'n.

Victor H. Hess, Jr., Jackson & Hess, New Orleans, La., for Locals 1419, 1683 and 1802.

Alvin J. Liska, New Orleans, La., for Local 1418.


HEEBE, Chief Judge:

Plaintiffs, George James Williams, Duralph S. Hayes and Ernest W. Turner, Jr., individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, filed this suit against the New Orleans Steamship Association (NOSA) and twenty-nine of its member corporations, shipping, stevedoring and freight-handling companies operating in the Port of New Orleans, along with the International Longshoremen Association, Locals 1418 and 1419 General Longshore Workers, I...

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