HOWARD

v.

LYONS ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Crumady v. The Joachim Hendrik Fisser, 358 U.S. 423 (U.S. 1959)
  …vessel was not unseaworthy and that the sole cause of the injury was the negligence of the stevedores. 249 F. 2d 818. A petition for rehearing was denied en banc, Judge Biggs dissenting. 249 F. 2d 821. The cases are here on petitions for certiorari. 357 U. S. 903. I. We held in Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki, 328 U. S. 85, 95, that stevedores, though intermediately employed, are, when performing “the ship’s service,” entitled to the same protection against unseaworthiness which members [*427] of the crew doi…
• THE Tungus v. Skovgaard, 358 U.S. 588 (U.S. 1959)
  …. 2d 14. The court did not decide “what defenses, if any, might be available,” leaving that question for the District Court to determine. Cer-tiorari was granted primarily to consider the relationship of maritime and local law in cases of this kind. 357 U. S. 903. We begin as did the Court of Appeals with the established principle of maritime law that in the absence of a statute there is no action for wrongful death. The Harrisburg, 119 U. S. 199. Although Congress has enacted legislation, notably the Jone…
• Howard v. Lyons, 360 U.S. 593 (U.S. 1959)
  …anded the case -for "trial. • 250 F. 2d 912. We granted, certiorari to consider petitioner’s contention that the Court of Appeals had erred in failing to recognize his plea of absolute privilege in respect of the publication to members of Congress. 357 U. S. 903. Respondents did not cross-petition for certiorari. [*597] At the outset, we take note of a question which the Court of Appeals, on its view of the case, did not find i.t necessary to resolve — whether the extent of the privilege in respect of civil…