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OESCHLER v. UNITED STATES NAVIGATION CO.

No. 209 of 1951.

106 F.Supp. 992 (1952)

OESCHLER et al. v. UNITED STATES NAVIGATION CO., Inc. et al.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 30, 1952.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Freedman, Landy & Lorry, Philadelphia, Pa., for libellants.

Krusen, Evans & Shaw, Philadelphia, Pa., for respondents.

KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.

This is an action in which each of the seamen libellants sues for a sum equal to one month's wages, as compensation under 46 U.S.C.A. § 594, dealing with the right to wages in case of improper discharge.

In a case presenting a substantially, but not exactly, similar situation, the Court of Appeals, Newton v. Gulf Oil Corp., 3 Cir., 180 F.2d 491, held that the word "discharge", as used in the...

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