# Alaska Steamship Co. v. Petterson

> Supreme Court of the United States · June 1, 1954 · 347 U.S. 396

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9421072

## Case

- **Full name:** Alaska Steamship Co., Inc. v. Petterson
- **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States
- **Decided:** June 1, 1954
- **Citations:** 347 U.S. 396; 74 S. Ct. 601; 98 L. Ed. 2d 798; 1954 U.S. LEXIS 2618
- **Precedential status:** Published
- **Opinion:** Opinion of the court
- **Judges:** Burton
- **Cited by:** 309 later opinions in the Frix Law Library

## Citator (automated)

- No negative treatment found by the automated citator. That is not the same as a confirmation that the case is good law; read the citing cases.
- Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9421072

## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction)

- affirming per curiam a Ninth Circuit opinion, 205 F.2d 478 (9th Cir. 1953), allowing seaworthiness recovery to stevedore injured by breaking block owned and brought on board by stevedoring company

## Opinion text

Per Curiam.
The judgment is affirmed. Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki, 328 U. S. 85, 100 ; Pope & Talbot v. Hawn, 346 U. S. 406 .

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