maritime-commerce

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Case Title Lower Court Docketed Status Flags Tags Question Presented
23-1246 Shell Offshore Inc. v. Palfinger Marine USA, Inc. Fifth Circuit 2024-05-28 Denied contract-law maritime-commerce maritime-law outer-continental-shelf platform-operations procedural-history statutory-history tort tort-law Can oil and gas exploration from a fixed platform on the Outer Continental Shelf qualify as "maritime commerce," triggering the application of maritim…
19-1146 Centaur, L.L.C. v. River Ventures, L.L.C. Fifth Circuit 2020-03-19 Denied Response Waived circuit-split conceptual-approach contract-classification federal-maritime-law judicial-interpretation maritime-commerce maritime-law precedent spatial-approach In Norfolk Southern Railway Co. v. Kirby, 543 U.S. 14 (2004), this Court mandated that a conceptual approach –not a spatial approach –be utilized to d…
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…