admiralty

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
19-1248 Eli Dunn v. Bryce Hatch, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-04-27 Denied admiralty admiralty-jurisdiction civil-rights commercial-fishermen commercial-fishing maritime maritime-law public-policy punitive-damages seamen-rights statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour wage-disputes wages 1. Should punitive damages be available to commercial fishermen cheated on their wages? 2. Is there a conflict among federal courts of appeal, and wi…
18-646 Marquette Transportation Company, L.L.C., et al. v. Entergy Mississippi, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2018-11-19 Denied admiralty admiralty-law comparative-fault maritime-law navigable-waters permit-compliance prejudgment-interest property-interest rivers-and-harbors-act takings tort-action Land-based decisions in the takings context mandate permit compliance as a threshold for a plaintiff to have a compensable property interest. For the …