Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.

Charles Jay Hardee, Jr., Tampa, Fla., for petitioner.

Nathan Baker, Hoboken, N.J., for petitioner, as amicus curiae.

Louis F. Claiborne, Washington, D.C., for United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of Court.

David B. Kaplan, Boston, Mass., for American Trial Lawyers Ass'n, as amicus curiae.

Dewey R. Villareal, Jr., and David C. G. Kerr, Tampa, Fla., for respondents.

Mr. Justice HARLAN delivered the opinion of the Court.