Isbrandtsen Co. v. Johnson

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• “Statutes which invade the common law or the general maritime law are to be read with a presumption favoring the retention of long-established and familiar principles, except when a statutory purpose to the contrary is evident.”
• construing 46 U.S.C. §§ 596 & 597

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