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Markel American Insurance Co. v. Diaz-Santiago

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Insurance Law
In litigation between the owner of a ship and the ship's mortgagor in which the mortgagor sought an award of attorney's fees, costs, and expenses...

Aggarao v. MOL Ship Management Co., Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, Injury & Tort Law, International Law, Transportation
In a suit by a Filipino seaman for injuries sustained on a ship in the Chesapeake Bay, the district court's ruling on dismissal for improper venue is:...

Otal Investments, Ltd. v. M.V. Tricolor

Admiralty, Transportation
In a suit arising from a maritime accident involving three ships: 1) the district court's allocation of liability is affirmed, where the district...

Holloway v. Pagan River Dockside Seafood, Inc.

Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Admiralty, Civil Procedure
In an action by a seaman under the Jones Act alleging negligence by his employers, the district court's grant of a motion to dismiss for lack of...

Bowers v. Whitman

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Constitutional Law, Property Law & Real Estate, Remedies
In an appeal from an order of dismissal by the district court, order is affirmed where Oregon's modification of the remedies available under Measure...

MLC Fishing, Inc. v. Velez

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
Dismissal for want of federal admiralty and maritime subject matter jurisdiction over fishing vessel owner's complaint seeking exoneration from or...

F.C. Wheat Maritime Corporation v. US

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Military Law, Remedies
In an appeal from the district court's award of damages to appellants' in a dispute arising from an allision between a United States Army Corps of...

India Steamship Co. Ltd. v. Kobil Petroleum Ltd.

Admiralty, Banking Law, Judgement Enforcement
In a Rule B maritime attachment and garnishment action to secure an arbitration judgment against the charterer of a damaged oil tanker, the district...

US v. Mitchell-Hunter

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, International Law, Transportation
Denial of defendant's motion to dismiss drug crimes charges under the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act after he was apprehended at sea on a go-fast...

Chem One, Ltd. v. M/V Rickmers Genoa

Commercial Law, Contracts, Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Remedies, Transportation
In defendants' motion to dismiss or consolidate appeals from two interlocutory orders for summary judgment entered in their favor and arising from a...