all - Opinion Summaries

Cleve Co. v. Hecny Transportation, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Contracts, Transportation
Summary judgment for defendant in an admiralty action brought by plaintiff, a seller of computer parts, is affirmed, where: 1) misdelivery claims...

Village of Bald Head Island v. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Contracts, Environmental Law, Water Law
Dismissal of plaintiff's complaint seeking to require defendant to honor commitments made to plaintiff and other North Carolina towns when developing...

Kealhoa v. Office of Workers Compensation Programs

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Workers' Compensation
Evidence that a claimant planned his suicide does not necessarily preclude compensation under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act...

US v. Nueci-Pena

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law & Procedure
Conviction of possession with the intent to distribute over 1140 pounds of cocaine and heroin while on board a vessel in violation of the Maritime...

Barclays Bank PLC v. Poynter

Admiralty, Banking Law, Commercial Law, Contracts, Property Law & Real Estate
Summary judgment for plaintiff bank in action to collect on deficiency of ship mortgage loan amount due after the default sale of defendant's yacht,...

Shell Offshore, Inc. v. Greenpeace, Inc.

Admiralty, Commercial Law, Constitutional Law, Environmental Law, Injury & Tort Law, Oil and Gas Law
Preliminary injunction prohibiting defendant from coming within a specified distance of vessels involved in plaintiff's Arctic Outer Continental Shelf...

Simmons v. Ware

Admiralty, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Injury & Tort Law
Judgment entered against defendant-vessel owner for maritime wrongful death on the basis that he was in a joint venture with defendant-trip operator...

Vitol, S.A. v. Capri Marine, Ltd.

Civil Procedure, Corporation & Enterprise Law, Judgement Enforcement, Admiralty
Judgment granting motion to vacate attachment and dismissing action to enforce English judgment obtained against defendants' alleged alter ego is...

Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach

Admiralty, Constitutional Law, Transportation
In admiralty suit in rem against floating home, judgment that the floating home was a "vessel" under 1 U.S.C. section 3 and award of damages to...

Mala v. Crown Bay Marina, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law
In negligence action for damage to plaintiff's boat when it exploded following refueling at defendant-marina, judgment for defendant is affirmed where...