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WEYERHAEUSER S. S. CO. v. NACIREMA CO.

No. 75.

355 U.S. 563 (1958)

78 S.Ct. 438

2 L.Ed.2d 491

WEYERHAEUSER STEAMSHIP CO. v. NACIREMA OPERATING CO., INC.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 3, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Garth Symmers argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the brief were Frederick Fish and William Warner.

Leavenworth Colby argued the cause for the United States, as amicus curiae, urging reversal. With him on the brief were Solicitor General Rankin, Assistant Attorney General Doub, Paul A. Sweeney and Herman Marcuse.

Patrick E. Gibbons argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Oscar A. Thompson.

MR. JUSTICE CLARK delivered the opinion of the Court.

The question here involves the right to trial by jury under principles of maritime liability enunciated in Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic S. S. Corp., 350 U.S. 124 (1956). Respondent, a stevedoring company, contracted to furnish petitioner, a shipowner, with stevedoring services, and a longshoreman employed by respondent was injured while unloading petitioner...

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