Gaster Marine Recovery & Sales, Inc. v. M/V \The Restless I\

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• holding that repair work “pursuant to the parties’ Brokerage Agreement” in or- der to assist the sale of the vessel was not “independent of and sep- arable from the ‘nonmaritime’ sale element of the Brokerage Agreement”
• finding that although contracts for ship repair normally fall within federal admiralty jurisdiction, the instant contract was not maritime because “the repairs were undertaken to advance the sale of the [vessel] pursuant to the parties’ [sales] Agreement.”
• a contract for the sale of a vessel is not within federal courts' admiralty jurisdiction

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