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Supreme Court· 5/25/1953

Lauritzen v. Larsen

Citations

  • 345 U.S. 571
  • 73 S. Ct. 921
  • 97 L. Ed. 2d 1254
  • 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2533
  • 97 L. Ed. 1254

How courts have described this case

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

  • extolling expertise of \courts long accustomed to dealing with admiralty problems in reconciling our own with foreign interests\
  • Jones Act, 46 U.S.C. § 688, did not cover injuries sustained by a foreign seaman while on board a foreign vessel in foreign waters
  • “Except as forbidden by some public policy, the tendency of the law is to apply in contract matters the law which the parties intended to apply.”
  • “The test of location of the wrongful act or omission, however sufficient for torts ashore, is of limited application to shipboard torts, because of the varieties of legal authority over waters she may navigate.”
  • “The test of location of the wrongful act or omission . . . is of limited application to shipboard torts [] because of the va- rieties of legal authority over waters she may navigate.”
  • approving reasonable choice of law clause not violating public policy

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Judges: Black, Clark, Jackson

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