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The Rice Co. (Suisse), S.A. v. Precious Flowers Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, International Trade, Transportation
In an action brought by a rice shipper against defendants arising from damages sustained by rice cargo, denial of defendants' motion to compel...

Porina v. Marward Shipping Co., Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Trade
In a tort action against a ship owner for a collision allegedly caused by its negligent operations, dismissal of the complaint for lack of personal...

Porina v. Marward Shipping Co., Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Trade
In a tort action against a ship owner for a collision allegedly caused by its negligent operations, dismissal of the complaint for lack of personal...

In Re City of New York

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a tort action arising out of a ferry crash into a maintenance pier, a bench trial judgment which found the city negligent and denied limitations of...

New Hampshire Ins. Co. v. C'Est Moi, Inc.

Admiralty, Contracts, Insurance Law
In an action to rescind an insurance policy arising after defendant-insured's yacht sank, summary judgment for the insurer is affirmed where: 1) the...

US v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Environmental Law
In a case arises from a civil complaint brought by the government for the forfeiture under the Shark Finning Prohibition Act of 64,695 pounds of shark...

Trans-Tec Asia v. M/V Harmony Container

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Debt Collection, International Law, International Trade, Transportation
A foreign supplier, by supplying fuel to a foreign-flagged vessel in a foreign port under an agreement that U.S. law applied to the transaction, may...

Norwegian Bulk Transport A/S v. Int'l Marine Terminals P'ship

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In an action brought for breach of a maritime contract and tort, a judgment dismissing plaintiff's complaint is affirmed for the reasons given by the...

Day v. James Marine, Inc.

Admiralty, Attorney's Fees, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A ruling finding that a portion of the attorney's fees petitioner incurred in seeking workers' compensation did not shift to his employer under the...

In re M/V DG Harmony

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Product Liability, Transportation
In case involving liability for the explosion and resulting constructive total loss of the container ship the M/V DG Harmony, district court's finding...