U.S. District Court / S.D. Florida

Poston v. American President Lines, Ltd.

Decided June 28, 1978. James Lawrence King wrote the opinion for the court.

452 F. Supp. 568 · Cited 75 times

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Decisions in our collection this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases we publish link through; others open the full text.

International Shoe Co. v. Washington · 326 U.S. 310
Oxford First Corp. v. PNC Liquidating Corp. · 372 F. Supp. 191
Elmex Corp. v. Atlantic Federal Savings & Loan Ass'n of Fort Lauderdale · 325 So. 2d 58
American Baseball Cap, Inc. v. Duzinski · 308 So. 2d 639
United States v. Central of Georgia Railway Co. · 411 F. Supp. 1023

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