Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
William Thompson v. Coastal Oil Company
William Thompson v. Coastal Oil Co., 352 U.S. 862 (1956)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1956-10-15
- Topic
- bankruptcy
How later courts describe this case
- “This is a federal criminal case, and this Court has supervisory jurisdiction over the proceedings.... If it has any duty to perform in this regard, it is to see that the waters of justice are not polluted.”
- “This is a federal criminal case, and this Court has" supervisory jurisdiction over the proceedings of the federal courts. If it has any duty to perform in this regard, it is to see that the waters of justice are not polluted.” (footnote omitted)
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William THOMPSON, petitioner,
v.
COASTAL OIL COMPANY.
No. 1.
Supreme Court of the United States
October 15, 1956
Messrs. Charles A. Ellis and Silas Blake Axtell, for petitioner.
Mr. Michael E. Hanrahan, for respondent.
On writ of
certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
PER CURIAM.
The judgment of the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit is reversed and the judgment of the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey is reinstated.
Mr. Justice HARLAN concurs in the result, but would have preferred to remand the case to the Court of Appeals for determination as to whether the District Court properly found the vessel unseaworthy.
Mr. Justice REED, Mr. Justice FRANKFURTER, Mr. Justice BURTON, and Mr. Justice MINTON dissent.