Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States
Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Hilton
Atl. Richfield Co. v. Hilton, 396 U.S. 905 (1969)
- Type
- Opinion
- Court
- Supreme Court of the United States
- Jurisdiction
- Federal
- Date
- 1969-11-10
- Topic
- general
How later courts describe this case
- dredge worker whose primary function consisted of handling and maintaining earth conveying pipelines held as a matter of law to be a “crew member” entitled to Jones Act recovery
- “Since a man does not become a seaman by papers alone, he should not be denied his statutory status as a seaman merely because he is not a paper seaman.”
- mud pumper on drilling tender
Citator
UpLaw has not yet analyzed Atlantic Richfield Co. v. Hilton. The absence of a flag is not a finding that it is good law.
- Cited by
- 29 opinions
Ct. Civ. App. Tex., 12th Sup. Jud. Dist. Certiorari denied.