Ryan Stevedoring Co., Inc. v. Pan-Atlantic Steamship Corp.

Decided January 9, 1956. Harold Hitz Burton delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 4 · 350 U.S. 124 (1956) · Cited 1,330 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 5–4.

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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.

• American Stevedores, Inc. v. Porello · 330 U.S. 446 (1947)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn · 346 U.S. 406 (1953)
• Halcyon Lines v. Haenn Ship Ceiling & Refitting Corp. · 342 U.S. 282 (1952)
• Mauran v. Bullus · 41 U.S. 528 (1842)
• Crowell v. Benson · 285 U.S. 22 (1932)
• McAllister v. United States · 348 U.S. 19 (1954)
• New York Central Railroad Company v. White · 243 U.S. 188 (1916)

Cited by

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

• Italia Societa Rer Azioni Di Navigazione v. Oregon Stevedoring Co. · 376 U.S. 315 (1964)
• Federal Marine Terminals, Inc. v. Burnside Shipping Co. · 394 U.S. 404 (1969)
• Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. Nacirema Operating Co. · 355 U.S. 563 (1958)
• Crumady v. the Joachim Hendrik Fisser · 358 U.S. 423 (1959)
• Reed v. the Yaka · 373 U.S. 410 (1963)
• Lockheed Aircraft Corp. v. United States · 460 U.S. 190 (1983)
• Waterman Steamship Corp. v. Dugan & McNamara, Inc. · 364 U.S. 421 (1960)
• Rodriguez v. Compass Shipping Co. · 451 U.S. 596 (1981)
• Scindia Steam Navigation Co. v. De Los Santos · 451 U.S. 156 (1981)
• Atlantic & Gulf Stevedores, Inc. v. Ellerman Lines, Ltd. · 369 U.S. 355 (1962)
• Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale Transatlantique · 443 U.S. 256 (1979)
• Cooper Stevedoring Co. v. Fritz Kopke, Inc. · 417 U.S. 106 (1974)
• Howlett v. Birkdale Shipping Co., S.A. · 512 U.S. 92 (1994)
• Hercules, Inc. v. United States · 516 U.S. 417 (1996)
• Northeast Marine Terminal Co. v. Caputo · 432 U.S. 249 (1977)
• Jones & Laughlin Steel Corp. v. Pfeifer · 462 U.S. 523 (1983)
• Gutierrez v. Waterman Steamship Corp. · 373 U.S. 206 (1963)
• Victory Carriers, Inc. v. Law · 404 U.S. 202 (1971)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Perini North River Associates · 459 U.S. 297 (1983)
• Czaplicki v. the Hoegh Silvercloud · 351 U.S. 525 (1956)
• Weyerhaeuser Steamship Co. v. United States · 372 U.S. 597 (1963)
• Jackson v. Lykes Bros. Steamship Co. · 386 U.S. 731 (1967)

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