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JOYCE v. MAERSK LINE LTD

No. 16-3553.

876 F.3d 502 (2017)

James L. JOYCE, Appellant v. MAERSK LINE LTD.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: December 4, 2017.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Dennis M. O'Bryan, Esq. [ARGUED], O'Bryan Baun Karamanian, 401 South Woodward Avenue, Suite #463, Birmingham, MI 48009, Counsel for Appellant.

John J. Walsh, Esq. [ARGUED], Freehill Hogan & Mahar, 80 Pine Street, New York, NY 10005, Counsel for Appellee.

Martin J. Davies , Tulane University Law School, 6329 Freret Street, Weinmann Hall, Room 255-F, New Orleans, LA 70118, Amicus Curiae.

Before: SMITH, Chief Judge, McKEE, AMBRO, CHAGARES, JORDAN, HARDIMAN, GREENAWAY, JR., VANASKIE, SHWARTZ, KRAUSE, RESTREPO, and ROTH, Circuit Judges.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Today we stop swimming against the tide of opinion on an important question of maritime law. Following the lead of several of our sister circuits, we now hold that a union contract freely entered by a seafarer — a contract that includes rates of maintenance, cure, and unearned wages &...

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