GIANFALA ET AL.
v.
TEXAS COMPANY
GIANFALA ET AL.
TEXAS COMPANY
350 U.S. 879
Supreme Court of the United States (1955)
Negative Treatment
Cited by 82 cases
Per_curiam
On petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit.
Per Curiam:
The petition for writ of certiorari is granted. The judgment of the Court of Appeals is reversed and the case is remanded to the District Court with directions to reinstate its judgment.
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Potashnick-Badgett Dredging Inc. v. Whitfield, 269 So. 2d 36 (Fla. 4th DCA 1972)…es v. Gulf Coast Dredging Co., 54 F. 2d 69 (5th Cir. 1961); Woods v. Merrill-Stevens Dry Dock & Repair Co., 14 F.Supp. 208 (S.D.Fla.1936). However, this doctrine has been characterized as disfavored and apparently overruled by Gianfala v. Texas Co., 350 U.S. 879, 76 S.Ct. 141, 100 L.Ed. 775 (1955). Chesser v. General Dredging Co., supra. In any event, the doctrine’s application here is highly doubtful, as the channel which was being dredged in the instant case was to be used in interstate commerce, for coal…
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- Gahagan Const. Corp. v. Armao, 165 F.2d 301 (1st Cir. 1948)
- Wilkes v. Miss. River Sand & Gravel Co., 202 F.2d 383 (6th Cir. 1953)
- Summerlin v. Massman Const. Co., 199 F.2d 715 (4th Cir. 1952)