Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc., v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd., et al.

Decided April 2, 1962. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 282 · 369 U.S. 355 (1962) · Cited 636 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–2.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc. · 364 U.S. 421 (1960)
• Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · 350 U.S. 124 (1956)
• Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co. · 355 U.S. 563 (1958)
• American Stevedores, Inc. v. Porello · 330 U.S. 446 (1947)
• Rogers v. Missouri Pacific Railroad · 352 U.S. 500 (1957)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• Byrd v. Blue Ridge Rural Electric Cooperative, Inc. · 356 U.S. 525 (1958)
• Tennant v. Peoria & Pekin Union Railway Co. · 321 U.S. 29 (1944)
• Wilburn Boat Co. v. Fireman's Fund Insurance · 348 U.S. 310 (1955)
• Dice v. Akron, Canton & Youngstown Railroad · 342 U.S. 359 (1952)
• Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser · 358 U.S. 423 (1959)
• Ellis v. Union Pacific Railroad · 329 U.S. 649 (1947)
• Atlantic Transport Co. of W. Va. v. Imbrovek · 234 U.S. 52 (1914)
• Dick v. New York Life Insurance · 359 U.S. 437 (1959)
• Herron v. Southern Pacific Co. · 283 U.S. 91 (1931)
• Schulz v. Pennsylvania Railroad · 350 U.S. 523 (1956)
• Senko v. LaCrosse Dredging Corp. · 352 U.S. 370 (1957)

Cited by

Later Supreme Court opinions in our collection that cite this case.

• Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 373 U.S. 206 (1963)
• Gallick v. Baltimore & Ohio Railroad · 372 U.S. 108 (1963)
• Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp. · 400 U.S. 494 (1971)
• Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A. · 512 U.S. 92 (1994)
• City of Los Angeles v. Heller · 475 U.S. 796 (1986)
• Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos · 451 U.S. 156 (1981)
• Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co. · 374 U.S. 16 (1963)
• Yeager v. United States · 557 U.S. 110 (2009)
• Morales v. City of Galveston · 370 U.S. 165 (1962)

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