Alaska Steamship Co. v. Petterson

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1954-06-01

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Mr. Justice Burton, with whom Mr. Justice Frankfurter and Mr. Justice Jackson join, dissenting. The Sieracki 1 and Pope Talbot 2 cases cited as the basis for the Court’s decision do not justify the result announced. They evidence this Court’s latest and broadest statement of a shipowner’s liability for the unseaworthiness of his ship arid i…

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