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Robol Law Office v. Recovery Limited Partnership

Admiralty, Ethics & Professional Responsibility
In an in rem admiralty action to obtain a salvage award, brought by an attorney who served for decades as counsel and landlord for a business entity...

US v. Real Property Located at 17 Coon Creek Rd., Hawkins Bar, CA

Admiralty, Asset Forfeiture, Civil Procedure
In a case involving the civil forfeiture of real property, the district court's default judgment and final judgment of forfeiture,entered after the...

Hicks v. Vane Line Bunkering, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law
In a case alleging breach of maritime law duty of providing maintenance and cure following an injury, denial of motion to set aside a jury verdict is...

World Fuel Services Trading v. Hebei Prince Shipping Co.

Admiralty
In an in rem action against a vessel seeking to enforce a maritime lien for the supply of necessaries under the Federal Maritime Lien Act (FMLA), 46...

US v. Beyle

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law
Defendants, who were part of a group of pirates who seized a yacht off the coast of Somalia and captured four Americans on board, were each convicted...

Ali v. Rogers

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Civil Rights, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
Plaintiff-seamen brought suit against defendants, the H.R. director and the captain of the ship. Plaintiff Abdhulhalim alleges that the H.R. director...

Caitlin (Syndicate 2003) At Lloyd's v. San Juan Towing and Marine Services, Inc.

Admiralty, Contracts, Insurance Law
In this case involving a maritime insurance policy issued by plaintiff to cover defendant's floating drydock, the district court decided in favor of...

FLAME S.A. v. Freight Bulk Pte. Ltd.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, International Law, Judgement Enforcement
In an action brought by plaintiff seeking attachment of a shipping vessel for purposes of satisfying an English judgment, the underlying basis of...

Ramirez v. Carolina Dream, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law
Summary judgment for defendant-employer in a personal injury action seeking a remedy under the Jones Act and general maritime law is vacated and...

American Steamship Owners v. Dann Ocean Towing, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Insurance Law
The district court properly determined that the choice-of-law provision in the parties' maritime insurance contract required application of New York's...