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Clyde Steamship Co. v. Walker, 244 U.S. 255 (1917)
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Clyde Steamship Co. v. Walker, 244 U.S. 255 (1917)
Clyde Steamship Company v. Walker No. 281 Argued February 28, 1916 Restored to docket for reargument November 13, 1916 Reargued January 31, February 1, 1917 Decided May 21, 1917 244 U.S. 255
ERROR TO THE SUPREME COURT, APPELLATE DIVISION, THIRD JUDICIAL
DEPARTMENT, OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK
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Upon the authority of Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen, ante,205, held that the New York Workmen’s Compensation Act is unconstitutional as applied to the case of a longshoreman employed by a steamship company engaged in interstate transportation by sea, who was injured while on board a vessel unloading her at her wharf in navigable waters in New York.
215 N.Y. 529 reversed.
The case is stated in the opinion.
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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Clyde Steamship Co. v. Walker, 244 U.S. 255 (1917) in 244 U.S. 255 244 U.S. 256. Original Sources, accessed November 24, 2024, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WV22RKAHV8PS2N9.
MLA: U.S. Supreme Court. "Syllabus." Clyde Steamship Co. v. Walker, 244 U.S. 255 (1917), in 244 U.S. 255, page 244 U.S. 256. Original Sources. 24 Nov. 2024. http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WV22RKAHV8PS2N9.
Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Clyde Steamship Co. v. Walker, 244 U.S. 255 (1917). cited in 1917, 244 U.S. 255, pp.244 U.S. 256. Original Sources, retrieved 24 November 2024, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=WV22RKAHV8PS2N9.
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