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GILLIS v. STATE OF LOUISIANA

Admiralty, Environmental Law, Transportation
The State of Louisiana may regulate pilotage on that portion of the Calcasieu Ship Channel that lies more than three miles seaward of the state's...

NED CHARTERING & TRADING, INC. v. REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts
In an action against Pakistan for proceeds of wheat shipments under an assigned maritime contract, the court did not err in granting summary judgment...

US v. EX-USS CABOT/DEDALO

Admiralty, Environmental Law
In circumstances where the U.S. Coast Guard acted on its mandatory duty under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, not as a voluntary rescuer, in...

LIVERPOOL & LONDON S.S. PROT. & INDEM. ASS'N LTD. v. QUEEN OF LEMAN M/V

Admiralty, Insurance Law
United States substantive law determines the existence of a maritime lien for unpaid insurance premiums, under the terms of a Protection and Indemnity...

KUKJE HWAJAE INS. CO., LTD. v. M/V HYUNDAI LIBERTY

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Contracts
An owner of cargo, who contracted with an intermediary non-vessel operating common carrier (NVOCC) to arrange for carriage, was bound by a...

EHORN v. SUNKEN VESSEL KNOWN AS THE

Admiralty, Civil Procedure
"Cause," not necessarily "good cause," is sufficient to permit an untimely answer in an admiralty case, where plaintiff failed to give notice to the...

BANK ONE LOUISIANA N A v. MR. DEAN MV

Admiralty, Banking Law
A maritime lien for breach of a charter attaches when the owner places the vessel at the charterer's disposal, and remains inchoate until perfected by...

COOPER/T. SMITH STEVEDORING CO. v. LIUZZA

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
Section 914(j) of the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act does not provide a basis for an employer to be reimbursed for its overpayment of...

FRANCISCO v. STOLT ACHIEVEMENT MT

Admiralty, Contracts, Dispute Resolution & Arbitration, International Law, Labor & Employment Law
Suit by a Philippine national, injured on a chemical tanker ship on the Mississippi River, was properly ordered to arbitration where he signed an...

FEDERAL MAR. COMM'N v. S. CAROLINA STATE PORTS AUTH.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Constitutional Law
State sovereign immunity bars the Federal Maritime Commission from adjudicating a private party's complaint against the South Carolina State Ports...