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· 9/27/1976

Jeanette Holland, Administratrix of the Estate of Aaron James Holland, Deceased, Cross v. Allied Structural Steel Company, Inc., Crossappellees

Citations

  • 539 F.2d 476
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 6913
  • 1977 A.M.C. 2458

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that the federal policy is to decide “cases on the basis of substantive rights rather than technicalities was determinative’
  • seaman’s status a mixed law-fact issue but Boeing reasonable man standard referred to
  • steel connector who worked on the superstructure of a bridge held not a seaman, where evidence showed no more than a transitory contact with the water, when plaintiff spent a portion of his time unloading steel from barges anchored to the river bank

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Judges: Wisdom, Morgan, Lynne

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