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First Specialty Ins. Corp. v. Am. Home Assurance Co.

Admiralty, Insurance Law
In an insurance dispute, district court's grant of defendant's motion for summary judgment is affirmed where: 1) the joint operation of the barge and...

Matheny v. Ten. Valley Auth.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In an admiralty action arising out of a fatal boat collision, judgment for Plaintiff is reversed and remanded where the Limitation of Liability Act...

Carillo v. Louisiana Ins. Guar. Ass'n

Admiralty, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit by an injured worker, judgment enforcing a twenty percent additional sum for late payment of an award is affirmed where filing a...

Regal-Beloit Corp. v. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Transportation
In a breach of contract action, the District Court's dismissal is reversed and remanded. The Carmack Amendment governed Defendants' liability for the...

Regal-Beloit Corp. v. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Transportation
In a breach of contract action, the District Court's dismissal is reversed and remanded. The Carmack Amendment governed Defendants' liability for the...

Regal-Beloit Corp. v. Kawasaki Kisen Kaisha Ltd.

Admiralty, Contracts, International Law, Transportation
Dismissal of a breach of contract suit brought after a shipment of international goods was damaged while en route to inland U.S. destinations is...

Petroleos Mexicanos Refinacion v. M/T King A

Admiralty
In an admiralty action, district court's denial of defendant's motion to vacate the warrant of arrest and other requested relief is reversed where the...

US v. Ionia Mgmt. S.A.

Admiralty, Government Law, International Law
Conviction for violation of the Act to Prevent Pollution on Ships (APPS) by failing to "maintain" an oil record book while in U.S. waters as required...

Eder v. California Dep't of Fish & Game

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Government Law
In an action challenging defendants' revocation of plaintiffs' Dungeness crab vessel permits, denial of writ and declaratory relief is affirmed over...

Ondimar Transportes Maritimos v. Beatty St. Props., Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In a tort suit arising from the collision of Plaintiff's vessel with a dock, the owner of the dock did not validly assign its property damage claim to...