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· 8/13/1980

Jane O. Livingston, Administratrix of the Estate of Haldon C. Livingston, Deceased v. United States

Citations

  • 627 F.2d 165
  • 1980 U.S. App. LEXIS 14909
  • 1982 A.M.C. 1065

How courts have described this case

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  • “[Tjhe concept of ‘navigability’ in admiralty is properly limited to describing a present capability of waters to sustain commercial shipping.” (emphasis added)
  • where commercial activity ceased after construction of a hydroelectric dam, no admiralty jurisdiction found

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Judges: Lay, Bright, Henley

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