# Opposition Brief — Stewart v. Waterman Steamship Corp.

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## Record

- **Collection:** Supreme Court brief
- **Document type:** Opposition Brief
- **Published:** January 1, 1970
- **Citation:** 397 U.S. 1011

## Text

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SUPREME COURT, U. S..

Supreme Court of the United States

OCTOBER TERM, 1969

No. 1194

JOHN C. STEWART,

Petitioner,
versus

WATERMAN STEAMSHIP CORPORATION and
ALCOA STEAMSHIP CO., INC.,

Respondents.

BRIEF OF ALCOA STEAMSHIP COMPANY, INC.,
IN OPPOSITION TO THE GRANTING OF A WRIT
OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT

- OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

BENJAMIN W. YANCEY
WILLIAM E. WRIGHT
. Attorneys for Respondent
2141 International Trade Mart
_ New Orleans, Louisiana 70130
TERRIBERRY, CARROLL, YANCEY -
& FARRELL
Of Counsel

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Farrell v. U.S.,. (1949), 335 U.S. 511, 69 S.Ct. 707,
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Muruaga v. United States, et al (C.C.4. 2nd, 1949),
172 ¥’.(2d)" 318, 1949 A.M.C. 214 ............0....., 4
The Osceola, (1903), 189 U.S. 158, 23 S.Ct. 483, 47
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_ Warren v. United States, (1951), 340 U.S. 523, 76

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The case also falls squarely within the basic principle
that a seaman suffering from an incurable disease
is not entitled to maintenance beyond the date of maxi-
mum medical improvement. Farrell v. U.S., (1949),
335 U.S. 511, 69 S.Ct. 707, 93 L.Ed. 850; Muruaga v.
United States, et al, (C.C.A. 2nd, 1949), 172 F.(2) 318,
1949 A.M.C. 214.

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s : Respectfully submitted,

BENJAMIN. W. YANCEY
WILLIAM E. WRIGHT
Attorneys for Respondent

2141 International Trade Mart
New Orleans, Louisiana 70130

TERRIBERRY, CARROLL, YANCEY
& FARRELL
Of Counsel

CERTIFICATE

I, the undersigned, hereby certify that I have this
day mailed, postage prepaid, a true copy of the fore-
going brief for the respondent to Messrs. Kierr and
Gainsburgh, 1718 Nationa] Bank of Commerce Build-
ing, New Orleans, Louisiana, 70112, attorneys for pe-
titioner, and Messrs. Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie
& Sims, Hibernia Bank Building, New Orleans, Louisi-
ana 70112, attorneys for co-respondent. ?

New Orleans, Louisiana, March , 1970.

William E. Wright

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