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Amell Vs. United States

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  • US Supreme Court
  • May 16, 1966

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  1. international Stevedoring Co. Vs. Haverty US Supreme Court · Oct 18, 1926
  2. Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. Vs. Mcallister US Supreme Court · Jun 27, 1949
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  3. Amell v. United
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  4. States - 384 U.S. 158 (1966) U.S. Supreme Court Amell v. United
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  5. States, 384 U.S. 158 (1966) Amell v. United
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  6. Johansen v. United
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  7. States, Page 384 U. S. 161 343 U. S. 427 , and the Suits in Admiralty Act, Patterson v. United
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  8. repealed the Tucker Act so far as the two conflicted. This may readily be conceded, see, e.g., Calmar S.S. Corp. v. United
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  9. Matson Navigation Co. v. United
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  10. States, 284 U. S. 352 . Compare Patterson v. United
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  11. so deeply woven in the fabric of the law that congressional action is required to overturn it, cf. State Bd. of Ins. v. Todd
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  12. For example, wage claims by federal employees were found to be expressly within the ambit of the Tucker Act in Bruner v. United
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  13. States, 343 U. S. 112 , 343 U. S. 115 . In United States v. Townsley
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  14. hold that the Suits in Admiralty Act restricted all suits in cases like the present to the district courts, cf. Brady v. Roosevelt
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  15. cases that such a request bears a heavy burden of persuasion, Page 384 U. S. 166 e.g., Bulova Watch Co. v. United
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  16. Fourco Glass Co. v. Transmirra
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  17. Hearne v. United
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  18. Adams v. United
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  19. Abbott v. United
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  20. States, 169 F.Supp. 523, 144 Ct.Cl. 712. See also Continental Casualty Co. v. United
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  21. A narrow construction of the statute was unanimously rejected in Eastern Transp. Co. v. United
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  22. liable. 272 U.S. at 690. This view was reiterated and reinforced in United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Rosenberg
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  23. U.S. at 276 U. S. 214 . This reservation was laid at rest in Johnson v. United
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  24. Johnson v. Fleet
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  25. an admiralty court if their employer were a private person. The answer is clearly in the affirmative, See Sheppard v. Taylor
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  26. Kossick v. United
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  27. It is true that the claim against a private employer might also be litigated in a common law court, See Leon v. Galceran
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  28. the fact that the claims of these seamen are within the traditional scope of the admiralty jurisdiction. See McCrea v. United
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  29. Congress extended the limitations period to accommodate those employees who, in reliance upon a prior decision, Hust v. Moore-McCormack
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  30. Lines, 328 U. S. 707 , overruled in Cosmopolitan Shipping Co. v. McAllister
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  31. Compare Johansen v. United
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  32. States, 343 U. S. 427 , and Patterson v. United
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  33. U.S. Supreme Court Amell v. United
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  34. Admiralty Act, Patterson v. United
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  35. Calmar S.S. Corp. v. United
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  36. Compare Patterson v. United
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  37. State Bd. of Ins. v. Todd
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  38. Bruner v. United
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  39. In United States v. Townsley
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  40. Brady v. Roosevelt
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  41. Bulova Watch Co. v. United
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  42. Hearne v. United
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  43. Continental Casualty Co. v. United
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  44. Eastern Transp. Co. v. United
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  45. United States Shipping Board Emergency Fleet Corp. v. Rosenberg
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  46. Johnson v. United
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  47. See Sheppard v. Taylor
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  48. See Leon v. Galceran
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  49. See McCrea v. United
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  50. Hust v. Moore-McCormack
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