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· 5/1/1989

Lewis Charters, Inc. v. Huckins Yacht Corporation, Ocean Entertainment, Inc.

Citations

  • 871 F.2d 1046
  • 13 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 1374
  • 1989 A.M.C. 1521
  • 1989 U.S. App. LEXIS 5885
  • 1989 WL 34709

How courts have described this case

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

  • affirming dismissal for lack of admiralty jurisdiction where vessel destroyed by fire was in drydock and “withdrawn from navigation”
  • characterizing Limitation Act as \hopelessly anachronistic” and stating that \[t]he reasons for the Supreme Court’s liberal construction in 1911 no longer exist today”
  • “[W]e conclude that appellant may not base admiralty jurisdiction solely upon the Limitation Act.”

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Judges: Roney, Hill, Tuttle

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