seamen
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 272 U.S. 50 - International Stevedoring Co. v. Haverty · 1926Most cited · 626 citing opinions
in this statute 'seamen' is to be taken to include stevedores employed in maritime work on navigable waters as the plaintiff was, whatever it might mean in laws of a different kind.
How often courts cite the cases defining “seamen”
Court decisions citing the 2 opinions that defined “seamen” — 1,222 in all, by decade. Counts are citations to the defining cases as a whole, not verified uses of the term. The dip in the most recent years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the latest years.
All 2 definitions, chronological · 1926–1943
those employed on a vessel in rendering the services customarily performed by seamen, including stevedores while temporarily engaged in stowing cargo on the vessel