Respess v. United States

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• finding a sufficient maritime nexus because “the accident was allegedly caused by a navigational obstruction, with which admiralty law has been traditionally concerned”
• “[T]he Cross- Cut Canal flows into Lake Pontchartrain, a large lake which is an arm of the Gulf of Mexico … Such a waterway has been described as possessing an ‘interstate nexus.’ In this circuit, that fact alone is [] sufficient to satisfy the navigable waters test.”

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