United States Second Circuit

In an insurance contract dispute, the district court erred in concluding that it was without admiralty jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. section 1333(1) since the primary objective of the contract was to establish marine insurance.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/30/2005
• Published 06/30/2005

Judges

• WESLEY, Circuit Judge., Before:  WALKER, Chief Judge, POOLER and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• James E. Mercante (Gerald A. Greenberger, Edward F. Kenny, of counsel), Rubin, Fiorella & Friedman, LLP, New York, New York, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Garth Wolfson (Cornelius A. Mahoney, on the brief), Mahoney & Keane, New York, New York, for defendant-appellee.