No. 24-397

Coastline Commercial Contracting, Inc. v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, et al.

Lower Court: Fourth Circuit
Docketed: 2024-10-09
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Tags: admiralty-jurisdiction circuit-split federal-courts maritime-law navigational-capacity-test negligence-liability
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Latest Conference: 2024-12-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Does the navigational capacity test used by the Fourth Circuit constitute an overbroad expansion of federal admiralty jurisdiction and encroach on Maryland's right to enforce its chosen legal doctrine for negligence liability?

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTIONS PRESENTED 1. Does the navigational capacity test used by the Fourth Circuit constitute an overbroad expansion of federal admiralty jurisdiction and encroach on Maryland’s right to enforce its chosen legal doctrine for negligence liability? 2. Is the navigability in fact test used by the Seventh, Eighth, and Ninth Circuits, rather than the navigational capacity test or the ebb and flow test, the proper test to determine the admiralty jurisdiction of federal courts over a body of water?

Docket Entries

2024-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2024-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2024.
2024-11-21
2024-11-08
Brief of Raymond C. Bostic and Candice M. Bateman in support submitted.
2024-11-08
Brief of respondents Raymond C. Bostic and Candice M. Bateman in support filed.
2024-11-05
Brief of Baltimore Gas & Electric Company in opposition submitted.
2024-11-05
Brief of respondent Baltimore Gas & Electric Company in opposition filed.
2024-10-04
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 8, 2024)

Attorneys

Baltimore Gas & Electric Company
Howard J. SchulmanWright, Constable & Skeen, LLP, Respondent
Howard J. SchulmanWright, Constable & Skeen, LLP, Respondent
Candice Bateman
Mark Randall BrownLaw Offices of H. Barrett Peterson and Associates, Respondent
Mark Randall BrownLaw Offices of H. Barrett Peterson and Associates, Respondent
Coastline Commercial Contracting, Inc.
Charles Benjamin PeoplesThomas, Thomas & Hafer LLP, Petitioner
Charles Benjamin PeoplesThomas, Thomas & Hafer LLP, Petitioner
Raymond C. Bostic and Candice M. Bateman
Walter Edward Gillcrist Jr.Budow and Noble, P.C., Respondent
Walter Edward Gillcrist Jr.Budow and Noble, P.C., Respondent