Italia Societa Per Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co., Inc.

Decided March 9, 1964. Byron Raymond White delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 82 · 376 U.S. 315 (1964) · Cited 381 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 6–3.

“Concurring” means agreeing with the outcome; any split shown is the Court’s judgment, not each Justice’s reasoning. Source: the Supreme Court Database (Spaeth et al.), Washington University.

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)
• Reed v. the Yaka · 373 U.S. 410 (1963)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• Mitchell v. Trawler Racer, Inc. · 362 U.S. 539 (1960)
• Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser · 358 U.S. 423 (1959)
• Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co. · 355 U.S. 563 (1958)
• Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp. · 342 U.S. 282 (1952)
• Alaska Steamship Co. v. Petterson · 347 U.S. 396 (1954)
• American Stevedores, Inc. v. Porello · 330 U.S. 446 (1947)
• Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · 321 U.S. 96 (1944)
• The Max Morris · 137 U.S. 1 (1890)
• Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc. · 364 U.S. 421 (1960)
• The\ North Star\"" · 106 U.S. 17 (1882)

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)
• Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries · 586 U.S. 446 (2019)
• Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co. · 394 U.S. 404 (1969)
• East River Steamship Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc. · 476 U.S. 858 (1986)
• Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique · 443 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A. · 512 U.S. 92 (1994)
• Exxon Co., USA v. Sofec, Inc. · 517 U.S. 830 (1996)

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