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SCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO. v. DE LOS SANTOS

No. 79-512.

451 U.S. 156 (1981)

SCINDIA STEAM NAVIGATION CO., LTD. v. DE LOS SANTOS ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 21, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Graydon S. Staring argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Robert H. Madden.

James A. Grutz argued the cause for respondents and filed a brief for respondent De Los Santos.*

E. D. Vickery filed a brief for Apex Marine Corp. et al. as amici curiae.

JUSTICE WHITE delivered the opinion of the Court.

Respondent Santos, a longshoreman and an employee of respondent Seattle Stevedore Co., was injured while he was helping load the M/S Jalaratna, a vessel owned by petitioner Scindia Steam Navigation Co., Ltd. He later brought an action against Scindia pursuant to § 5 (b) of the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act (Act), as amended in 1972,1 which, as set forth...

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