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Gulf Coast Shell & Aggregate LP v. Newlin

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against an oyster dredge in rem, under Admiralty Rule D, for possession and to try title to the dredge, and against an individual...

Mitsui Sumitomo Ins. Co. v. Evergreen Marine Corp.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, International Trade, Transportation
In an action involving damage to a shipment during travel by rail in the U.S. following carriage at sea from Japan, partial summary judgment for...

Bowoto v. Chevron Corp.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
In an action by protesters injured on defendant's oil platform in Nigeria, judgment for defendant is affirmed where: 1) the federal Death on the High...

Allied Maritime, Inc. v. Descatrade SA

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Banking Law, Civil Procedure, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, International Trade
An order vacating the process of maritime attachment and garnishment issued on April 15, 2009 attaching defendant's assets to secure a putative...

Sinoying Logistics Pte Ltd. v. Yi Da Xin Trading Corp.

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In an action seeking to attach defendant's property in New York as pre-judgment security for a pending arbitration in Hong Kong, dismissal of the...

Combo Maritime, Inc. v. U.S. United Bulk Terminal, LLC

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action for contribution and indemnity, and property damage, based on a barge breakaway, summary judgment for third-party defendant is reversed...

Uralde v. US

Admiralty, Government Law, Injury & Tort Law
In an action against the U.S. claiming that plaintiff's wife died as a result of the Coast Guard's failure to provide her access to timely medical...

Scanscot Shipping Servs GmbH v. Metales Tracomex LTDA

Commercial Law, Contracts, Debt Collection, Admiralty, Banking Law
In plaintiff's appeal from the district court's order vacating the attachment of certain electronic fund transfers (EFTs) held by garnishee Wachovia...

In re: Fitzgerald Marine & Repair

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law
In a defendant's appeal in a personal injury action from summary judgment to a third-party defendant on defendant's cross-claim for contractual...

Danos Marine Inc. v. Certain Primary Protection & Indemn. Underwriters

Admiralty, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action to recover costs of wreck removal from defendant-underwriters of a liftboat resulting from the capsizing and sinking of that vessel in...