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CHANDRIS, INC. v. LATSIS

No. 94-325.

515 U.S. 347 (1995)

CHANDRIS, INC., et al. v. LATSIS

United States Supreme Court.

Decided June 14, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David W. McCreadie argued the cause for petitioners. With him on the briefs were David F. Pope and Christ Stratakis.

Lewis Rosenberg argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Barry I. Levy.*

O'Connor, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Scalia, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. Stevens, J., filed an opinion concurring in the judgment, in which Thomas and Breyer, JJ., joined, p. 377.

Justice O'Connor, delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case asks us to clarify what "employment-related connection to a vessel in navigation," McDermott Int'l, Inc. v. Wilander, 498 U.S. 337, 355 (1991), is necessary for a maritime worker to qualify as a seaman under the Jones Act, 46 U. S. C. App. § 688(a). In Wilander, we addressed the type of activities...

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