Shallow v. Scofield

How courts have described this case

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

• indicating that the extent to which the vessel was actually used should be considered only if the scope of the contract or the parties’ expectations are unclear
• rejecting an earlier six-factor test and instead adopting this streamlined two-part inquiry
• \Our cases have long held that the drilling and production of oil and gas on navigable waters from a vessel is commercial maritime activity.\
• \Our cases in this area have long been confusing and difficult to apply.\
• nonmaritime where crew worked on platform and only transferred equipment from vessel

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).