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O'KEEFFE v. SMITH ASSOCIATES

No. 307.

380 U.S. 359 (1965)

85 S.Ct. 1012

13 L.Ed.2d 895

O'KEEFFE, DEPUTY COMMISSIONER, BUREAU OF EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION, U. S. DEPARTMENT OF LABOR v. SMITH, HINCHMAN & GRYLLS ASSOCIATES, INC., ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided March 29, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Solicitor General Cox, Assistant Attorney General Douglas and Morton Hollander for petitioner.

George W. Ericksen for respondents.

PER CURIAM.

Robert C. Ecker drowned during a Saturday outing while boating on a South Korean lake. At the time of his death he was employed at a defense base in South Korea by the respondent, Smith, Hinchman & Grylls Associates, a government contractor.

The decedent had been hired in the United States under an oral contract the terms of which provided that he was to be transported to South Korea at his employer...

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