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SEALS v. STATES MARINE LINES, INC.

Civ. A. No. 9900.

188 F.Supp. 398 (1960)

Willie Lester SEALS, Plaintiff, v. STATES MARINE LINES, INC., Defendant.

United States District Court E. D. Louisiana, New Orleans Division.

October 18, 1960.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ungar & Bubert, Leonard S. Ungar, August J. Bubert, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff.

Terriberry, Rault, Carroll, Martinez & Yancey, Walter Carroll, Jr., New Orleans, La., for defendant.

WRIGHT, District Judge.

Defendant's motion to dismiss presents the open question1 as to the applicability of the doctrine of laches to admiralty actions on the law side of the court.

On October 25, 1952, the plaintiff, Willie Seals, while working in New Orleans as a longshoreman aboard the S.S. Old Dominion State, was injured. The Old Dominion State at the time was owned by States Marine...

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