Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser et al.

Decided February 24, 1959. William Orville Douglas delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 61 · 358 U.S. 423 (1959) · Cited 485 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

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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.

• Ryan Stevedoring Co. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp. · 350 U.S. 124 (1956)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · 321 U.S. 96 (1944)
• Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co. · 355 U.S. 563 (1958)
• McAllister v. United States · 348 U.S. 19 (1954)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• The Osceola · 189 U.S. 158 (1903)
• Alaska Steamship Co. v. Petterson · 347 U.S. 396 (1954)
• Boudoin v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. · 348 U.S. 336 (1955)

Cited by

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

• Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos · 451 U.S. 156 (1981)
• Usner v. Luckenbach Overseas Corp. · 400 U.S. 494 (1971)
• Waldron v. Moore-McCormack Lines, Inc. · 386 U.S. 724 (1967)
• Reed v. the Yaka · 373 U.S. 410 (1963)
• Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · 362 U.S. 539 (1960)
• Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co. · 376 U.S. 315 (1964)
• West v. United States · 361 U.S. 118 (1959)
• Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd. · 369 U.S. 355 (1962)
• Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co. · 394 U.S. 404 (1969)
• Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc. · 364 U.S. 421 (1960)
• Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 597 (1963)
• Morales v. City of Galveston · 370 U.S. 165 (1962)

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