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- Title
Loose Lips Launch Ships: Stewart v. Dutra Construction Company, Inc.
- Authors
Simpson-Wood, Taylor
- Abstract
Examines the definition of a vessel adopted by the U.S. Supreme Court in the case of Stewart v. Dutra Construction Company. Test for seaman status under the Jones Act and clarified by the Supreme Court; Assessment of the logic used by Justice Clarence Thomas in defining a vessel; Legal ramifications of the Court's view of the vessel in navigation element of the seaman status; Maritime principles and policies that the Court should have considered in its ruling.
- Subjects
STEWART v. Dutra Construction Co. (Supreme Court case); MARITIME law; LEGAL status of sailors; THOMAS, Clarence, 1948-; MARITIME shipping
- Publication
Journal of Maritime Law & Commerce, 2006, Vol 37, Issue 1, p113
- ISSN
0022-2410
- Publication type
Article