admiralty-jurisdiction

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24-849 Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al. Seventh Circuit 2025-02-10 Denied Amici (3)Response Waived admiralty-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction federal-court maritime-law subject-matter-jurisdiction wrongful-death Whether a federal court can have exclusive admiralty jurisdiction over a claim when a non-admiralty state court would have concurrent jurisdiction ove…
24A541 Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased v. The Boeing Company, et al. Seventh Circuit 2024-12-04 Presumed Complete admiralty-jurisdiction death-on-high-seas-act federal-jurisdiction jury-trial maritime-law seventh-amendment Is federal admiralty jurisdiction under the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA), 46 U.S.C. §§ 30301-08, concurrent, or exclusive?
24-397 Coastline Commercial Contracting, Inc. v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, et al. Fourth Circuit 2024-10-09 Denied admiralty-jurisdiction circuit-split federal-courts maritime-law navigational-capacity-test negligence-liability 1. Does the navigational capacity test used by the Fourth Circuit constitute an overbroad expansion of federal admiralty jurisdiction and encroach on…
24-360 Sikousis Legacy, Inc., et al. v. B-Gas Limited, aka Bepalo LPG Shipping Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-10-01 Denied Response Waived admiralty-jurisdiction attachment-case equitable-principles judicial-discretion maritime-law property-seizure Whether a court exercising jurisdiction in an admiralty attachment case, whereby it must decide the ownership of the property seized based on the equi…
24A62 Sikousis Legacy, Inc., et al. v. B-Gas Limited, aka Bepalo LPG Shipping Ltd., et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-07-18 Presumed Complete admiralty-jurisdiction asset-shielding corporate-restructuring corporate-veil maritime-attachment rule-b-proceeding Question not identified.
22-562 Stephen Douglass, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Shingo Alexander Douglass, et al. v. Nippon Yusen Kabushki Kaisha Fifth Circuit 2022-12-19 Denied Amici (3) admiralty-jurisdiction admiralty-law due-process federal-courts federal-rule-civil-procedure fifth-amendment high-seas law-of-nations personal-jurisdiction state-courts This Court has specifically left open the question of whether the Fifth Amendment imposes the same restrictions on the exercise of personal jurisdicti…
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…
18-1187 Mitchell Miorelli, et al. v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Ltd. Eleventh Circuit 2019-03-14 Denied admiralty-jurisdiction civil-procedure discovery discovery-limitations discovery-rules disputed-facts due-process equitable-tolling maritime-law material-fact material-facts motion-to-dismiss pre-answer-dismissal summary-judgment 1. Whether Summary Judgment Was Proper Where the Respondent Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, LTD. Moved To Dismiss Before Filing An Answer, No There Were …
18-436 Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, dba Liberty International Underwriters, et al. v. Carrizo Oil & Gas, Incorporated Fifth Circuit 2018-10-05 Denied Amici (2) admiralty-jurisdiction circuit-split contract-services doiron-factors kirby-test maritime-commerce maritime-contract navigable-waters offshore-oil-and-gas offshore-oil-gas vessel-involvement The federal courts have admiralty jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1333(1) over a contract dispute if the contract at issue is "maritime." In Norfolk So…