Pasternack v. United States

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a boat’s previous owner was not entitled to limitation of liability under the act
• “[I]n most of the cases that purport to apply a broad interpretation of “owner,” the party seeking to limit liability had actual title or was capable of exercising some measure of dominion or control over the vessel at the time of the accident.”
• “[I]n most of the cases that purport to apply a broad interpretation of “owner,” the party seeking to limit liability had actual title or was capable of exercising some measure of dominion or control over the vessel at the time of the accident.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).