all - Opinion Summaries

Saudi v. Northrop Grumman Corp.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, International Law
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(k)(2) cannot be used to obtain personal jurisdiction over a foreign corporation where the foreign corporation's...

Puerto Rico Ports Auth. v. Barge Katy

Admiralty
The district court's order that vacated the plaintiff-port authority's arrest of a vessel is affirmed.

Bowman v. Am. River Transp. Co.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In an action for negligence brought under the Jones Act, judgement is reversed and the cause remanded for a trial by jury where lower courts erred in...

US v. O'Keefe

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure
Defendant's conviction for "seaman's manslaughter" is affirmed over his claim that the district court erred by rejecting his proposed jury instruction...

Bunch v. Canton Marine Towing

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
The cleaning barge on which plaintiff was injured was a vessel and he was a seaman for purposes of coverage under the Jones Act.

McLaughlin v. Boston Harbor Cruise Lines

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law
The applicability of the "seaman" exemption to the overtime requirements of the Fair Labor Standards Act is a fact-dependent issue that is best...

Universal Oil Ltd. v. Allfirst Bank

Admiralty, Bankruptcy Law, Civil Procedure
The congressional grant of subject matter jurisdiction to the district courts to adjudicate in bankruptcy all property, wherever located, extends to...

Doyle v. Huntress, Inc.

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law
The "highest rate of wages" provision of 46 U.S.C. section 11107, read with the liability provisions of 46 U.S.C. section 10601, provides a cause of...

Ventura Packers, Inc. v. Kathleen

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Debt Collection
In an in rem admiralty action against three vessels to execute a necessaries lien, the district court erred when it dismissed the action for lack of...

Stewart v. Dutra Constr. Co.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a suit for damages stemming from a workplace injury aboard a vessel, dismissal of plaintiff's Jones Act claim is reversed where the district court...