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SU v. M/V SOUTHERN ASTER

Nos. 90-35485, 90-35486, 90-35706, 90-35618, 90-35879, 91-35375.

978 F.2d 462 (1992)

I. Hyeon SU; Jo Seong Gu, et al.; Gim Yeong Ho; Park Min Ho, et al.; Barg Yeong Pal; Seo Jeom Tae; Lee Sil Gwang; Jung Ju Goang; Ji Je Je; O Han Seon; Son Chi Il; Choi Weon Il; Chu Chae Sok; Kig Og Nam; Han Bag Kil; Pyeon Yun Su; Park Sung Ok; Ka Chae Ho; Federated Korean Seamen's Union, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M/V SOUTHERN ASTER; Southern Aster Navigation, S.A., Defendants-Appellees. Edwin A. JOSE, Plaintiff, and Perfecto C. Lim; Buen B. Esclamado; Crescencio I. Napao; Tomas N. Rosles Je; Hermiles S. Pinoon, Applicants in intervention-Appellants, v. M/V FIR GROVE; Delica Shipping, S.A.; Inui Steamship Co., Ltd., Defendants-Appellees. Nelson R. RABY; Teofanis F. Roz; Apolonio H. Torreliza; Associated Marine Officers & Seaman's Union of the Philippines; S. Galua; Boifacio C. Tabada, et al.; Leo C. Ajero; Teodulo R. Rabie; Marcelo G. Suarez; Miguelito A. Cabales, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. M/V PINE FOREST; Delica Shipping, S.A.; Inui Steamship Co., Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 14, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dodson, Baton Rouge, La., John W. Buehler, Bullivant, Houser, Bailey, Pendergrass & Hoffman, Seattle, Wash., Robert M. Weinberg, Virginia A. Seitz, John West, Bredhoff & Kaiser, Jeremiah H. Collins, Susan D. Carle, Washington, D.C., I. Franklin Hunsaker, for plaintiffs.

Robert I. Sanders, Wood, Tatum, Wonacott & Landis, Joe D. Bailey, Kathleen A. McKeon, Portland, Or., Joseph S. Stacy, Le Gros, Buchanan, Paul & Whitehead, William R. Bishin, Seattle, Wash., Kim Jeffries, Portland, Or., for defendants.

Before: WRIGHT, BEEZER, and LEAVY, Circuit Judges.

EUGENE A. WRIGHT, Senior Circuit Judge.

These consolidated cases test the bounds of the Seamen's Wage Act, 46 U.S.C. § 10313 (1988). The Wage Act protects seafarers from the efforts of unscrupulous shipowners to take advantage of their superior economic position to withhold payment of promised wages. Each case requires us to resolve this question: Do the Wage Act's protections extend to foreign crews discharged from foreign ships in foreign ports? Although Congress...

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