Allen v. Smyth

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• “[T]he application of state law was justified in that case because of the nonexistence of a conflicting maritime rule.”
• “One must identify the state law involved and determine whether there is an admiralty principle with which the state law conflicts, and, if there is no such admiralty principle, consideration must be given to whether such an admiralty rule should be followed.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).