Welch v. Texas Department of Highways & Public Transportation

Supreme Court of the United States · Decided 1987-06-25

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Justice White, concurring. The Court expressly stops short of addressing the issue whether the Jones Act affords a remedy to seamen employed by the States. See ante, at 476, n. 6. The Court, however, has already construed the Jones Act to extend remedies to such seamen. Petty v. Tennessee-Missouri Bridge Comm’n, <a href="/opinion/105869/pet…

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