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KOSSICK v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

No. 96.

365 U.S. 731 (1961)

81 S.Ct. 886

6 L.Ed.2d 56

KOSSICK v. UNITED FRUIT CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 17, 1961.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacob Rassner argued the cause and filed a brief for petitioner.

Eugene Underwood argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Frank I. Fallon.

MR. JUSTICE HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.

This case calls in question the propriety of a dismissal before trial of the first cause of action in a seaman's diversity complaint. Dismissal was on the ground that the allegations of the complaint are deficient by reason of the New York Statute of Frauds.

The allegations of the complaint, which for present purposes must be taken as true, are in substance as...

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