| 24-849 |
Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased, et al. v. The Boeing Company, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2025-02-10 |
Denied |
Amici (3)Response Waived |
admiralty-jurisdiction diversity-jurisdiction federal-court maritime-law subject-matter-jurisdiction wrongful-death |
Whether a federal court can have exclusive admiralty jurisdiction over a claim when a non-admiralty state court would have concurrent jurisdiction ove… |
| 24A541 |
Laura Smith, as Duly Appointed Representative and Independent Administrator of the Estate of Andrea Manfredi, Deceased v. The Boeing Company, et al. |
Seventh Circuit |
2024-12-04 |
Presumed Complete |
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admiralty-jurisdiction death-on-high-seas-act federal-jurisdiction jury-trial maritime-law seventh-amendment |
Whether federal admiralty jurisdiction under the Death on the High Seas Act (DOHSA) is concurrent or exclusive, and whether such jurisdiction preclude… |
| 24-397 |
Coastline Commercial Contracting, Inc. v. Baltimore Gas & Electric Company, et al. |
Fourth Circuit |
2024-10-09 |
Denied |
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admiralty-jurisdiction circuit-split federal-courts maritime-law navigational-capacity-test negligence-liability |
Does the navigational capacity test used by the Fourth Circuit constitute an overbroad expansion of federal admiralty jurisdiction and encroach on Mar… |
| 24-360 |
Sikousis Legacy, Inc., et al. v. B-Gas Limited, aka Bepalo LPG Shipping Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-10-01 |
Denied |
Response Waived |
admiralty-jurisdiction attachment-case equitable-principles judicial-discretion maritime-law property-seizure |
Whether a court exercising jurisdiction in an admiralty attachment case may apply hard-and-fast rules that limit or curtail its equitable discretion b… |
| 24A62 |
Sikousis Legacy, Inc., et al. v. B-Gas Limited, aka Bepalo LPG Shipping Ltd., et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2024-07-18 |
Presumed Complete |
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admiralty-jurisdiction asset-shielding corporate-restructuring corporate-veil maritime-attachment rule-b-proceeding |
Whether a district court can pierce the corporate veil in an admiralty attachment proceeding based on evidence of intentional corporate restructuring … |
| 22-562 |
Stephen Douglass, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Shingo Alexander Douglass, et al. v. Nippon Yusen Kabushki Kaisha |
Fifth Circuit |
2022-12-19 |
Denied |
Amici (3) |
admiralty-jurisdiction admiralty-law due-process federal-courts federal-rule-civil-procedure fifth-amendment high-seas law-of-nations personal-jurisdiction state-courts |
Whether the Fifth Amendment imposes the same restrictions on personal jurisdiction by federal courts as the Fourteenth Amendment imposes on state cour… |
| 19-1248 |
Eli Dunn v. Bryce Hatch, et al. |
Ninth Circuit |
2020-04-27 |
Denied |
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admiralty admiralty-jurisdiction civil-rights commercial-fishermen commercial-fishing maritime maritime-law public-policy punitive-damages seamen-rights statutory-interpretation wage-and-hour wage-disputes wages |
Should punitive damages be available to commercial fishermen cheated on their wages? |
| 18-1187 |
Mitchell Miorelli, et al. v. Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines, Ltd. |
Eleventh Circuit |
2019-03-14 |
Denied |
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admiralty-jurisdiction civil-procedure discovery discovery-limitations discovery-rules disputed-facts due-process equitable-tolling maritime-law material-fact material-facts motion-to-dismiss pre-answer-dismissal summary-judgment |
Whether summary judgment was proper where the respondent Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, LTD. moved to dismiss before filing an answer, no discovery had … |
| 18-436 |
Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, dba Liberty International Underwriters, et al. v. Carrizo Oil & Gas, Incorporated |
Fifth Circuit |
2018-10-05 |
Denied |
Amici (2) |
admiralty-jurisdiction circuit-split contract-services doiron-factors kirby-test maritime-commerce maritime-contract navigable-waters offshore-oil-and-gas offshore-oil-gas vessel-involvement |
Is a contract to provide services to oil wells located on fixed platforms in navigable waters within a State a maritime' contract when a vessel played… |