Supreme Court of the United States, 1956

Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co.

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided October 15, 1956 · Reed, Frankfurter, Burton, Minton

352 U.S. 862; 77 S. Ct. 90; 1 L. Ed. 2d 73; 1956 U.S. LEXIS 1639 (United States Reports)

Counsel

Charles A. Ellis argued the cause for petitioner on the original argument. With him on the brief was Silas Blake Axtell. Silas Blake Axtell reargued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief was Charles A. Ellis. Michael E. Hanrahan argued and reargued the cause and filed briefs for respondent.

Cases that cite this one

11 later published cases cite this decision.

Torres v. M/V Fuiono Fishing Vessel (United States District Court for the Southern District of California 2001)
National Labor Relations Board v. Lion Oil Co. (Supreme Court of the United States 1957)
Fountain v. John E. Graham & Sons (United States District Court for the Southern District of Alabama 1993)
Evans v. United Arab Shipping Co. (District Court, D. New Jersey 1991)
Clinch Valley Clinic Hospital, a Division of Bluefield Sanitarium, Inc. v. National Labor Relations Board (4th Cir. 1975)
Insurance Agents' International Union, Afl-Cio v. National Labor Relations Board (D.C. Cir. 1959)
Edward Connolly v. Farrell Lines, Inc. (1st Cir. 1959)
McBrien v. United States Petroleum Carrier's Inc. (District Court, S.D. New York 1959)
Richard H. Clinton v. United States (9th Cir. 1958)
Rider v. Sprague Steamship Co. (District Court, D. Massachusetts 1957)
William Thompson v. Coastal Oil Company (Supreme Court of the United States 1956)

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Opinion

Per Curiam:

The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is reversed and the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is reinstated. MR. Justice Harlan concurs in the result, but would have preferred to remand the case to the Court of Appeals for determination as to whether the District Court properly found the vessel unseaworthy.

Mr. Justice Reed, Mr. Justice Frankfurter, Mr. Justice Burton, and Mr. Justice Minton dissent.

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