M/V American Queen v. San Diego Marine Construction Corp.

How courts have described this case

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

• recognizing that an award of attorney’s fees is permissible in a maritime case involving a contract containing an express provision for such an award
• recognizing that an award of attorney’s fees is permissible in a maritime case involving a contract containing an express provision for such an award
• upholding denial of motion to amend where new 10 allegations would “totally alter the basis of the action” and necessitate additional discovery
• upholding denial of motion to 15 amend where “new allegations would totally alter the basis of the action, in that they covered 16 different acts, employees and time periods necessitating additional discovery”
• upholding denial of 10 motion to amend where “new allegations would totally alter the basis of the action, in that they 11 covered different acts, employees and time periods necessitating additional discovery”
• noting “a 21 court may not take judicial notice of proceedings or records in another cause so as to supply, 22 without formal introduction of evidence, facts essential to support a contention in a cause then 23 before it”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).