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MAN Ferrostaal, Inc. v. M/V Akili

International Law, International Trade, Remedies, Admiralty, Commercial Law
In action for damage to cargo shipped aboard defendant-vessel, judgment holding defendant-vessel liable in rem is affirmed, where: 1) a vessel's in...

Garanti Finansal Kiralama A.S. v. Aqua Marine and Trading, Inc.

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, Contracts
In action for declaratory judgment where plaintiff, a shipowner, sought a determination that it was not contractually bound to arbitrate a fuel...

Keller Found. v. Tracy

Admiralty, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
The Benefits Review Board's (Board) determination that the injuries petitioner incurred in part during his employment were not covered under the...

Price v. Stevedoring Services of Am., Inc.

Administrative Law, Admiralty, Government Benefits, Government Law, Labor & Employment Law
In a longshoreman's petition for review of the Benefits Review Board's (Board) decision, challenging the maximum rate of compensation, the rate of...

Pacific Ship Repair & Fabrication Inc. v. Benge

Admiralty, Health Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
A petition brought by a maritime employer challenging the decision of the Department of Labor's Benefits Review Board absolving the Office of the...

Messier v. Bouchard Transportation

Admiralty, Labor & Employment Law
In plaintiff's suit against his former employer, a tugboat operator, seeking maintenance and cure for contracting lymphoma while working as a seaman...

Greenpack of Puerto Rico, Inc. v. American President Lines

Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Injury & Tort Law, Transportation
In a suit for damages resulting from a delayed delivery of perishable food items from Costa Rica to Puerto Rico, the district court's dismissal if the...

US v. Said

Criminal Law & Procedure, International Law, Admiralty
The district court's opinion dismissing a piracy count from the indictment is vacated and the case remanded, in light of United States v. Dire, No....

US v. Dire

Admiralty, Criminal Law & Procedure, Sentencing, Evidence, International Law, Juvenile Law
In a prosecution for crimes including piracy, convictions and sentences are affirmed, where: 1) the district court correctly applied the United...

Roberts v. Sea-Land Services, Inc.

Admiralty, Injury & Tort Law, Labor & Employment Law, Workers' Compensation
In a suit under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act for injuries sustained in 2002 at an Alaska marine terminal while working for the...