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Thibodeaux v. Vamos Oil & Gas Co.

Admiralty, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Oil and Gas Law
In appeals arising from suits brought against a drilling company, in which the drilling company filed third-party claims against a contract labor...

Menkes v. Dep't Homeland Sec.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Contracts
In case involving ship pilot who sued the Coast Guard after it refused to hire him permanently as an independent pilot unless he rejoined the St....

Starrag v. Maersk, Inc.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts, Transportation
In a dispute arising from circumstances in which three machines plaintiff shipped with defendant were damaged while being transported across a...

Mueller v. Winter

Admiralty, Civil Rights, Labor & Employment Law, Military Law
In case involving appellant Naval Lieutenant Commander's challenge to appellees' refusal to remove an assertedly erroneous fitness report from...

Sea Hawk Foods, Inc. v. Exxon Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law, Product Liability, Remedies
In an action brought against Exxon by the operator of a seafood processing business in Alaska for business losses resulting from the Exxon Valdez oil...

Gwin v. Am. River Transp. Co.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Labor & Employment Law, Transportation
In a suit alleging violation of a law preventing discharge of a seaman for refusing to perform duties ordered by his employer if the duties would...

Sentry Select Ins. v. Royal Ins. Co. of Am.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Injury & Tort Law, Insurance Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit seeking indemnification from defendant-insurer after settlement of a Jones Act suit brought by an injured employee, summary judgment for...

US v. Ihnatenko

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence
18 U.S.C. section 201(c)(2) does not prohibit the government from paying fees, housing, expenses, and cash rewards to any cooperating witness, so long...

US v. Bravo

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, Evidence, Sentencing
Convictions and sentences for conspiracy and drug offenses while on board a vessel are affirmed over defendants' arguments that: 1) the US did not...

Knight v. Kirby Inland Marine Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Evidence, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a toxic tort suit under the Jones Act brought by a tankerman against defendants-employers, summary judgment for defendants is affirmed where: 1)...