Sundance Cruises Corporation, Sci Cruises, Inc., Also Known as Sundance Cruises, Inc. v. The American Bureau of Shipping

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• holding that a contract relating to a ship is a maritime contract
• noting that it would be inappropriate to apply the law of the flag when the flag country appears to be a sham
• noting that the law of the flag “ ‘overbears most other connecting events in determining applicable law1 ”
• noting that the shipowner “had full responsibility for the conversion, repairs and maintenance of the vessel”
• finding that “the prosecutor’s characterization of the 8 defense’s case as ‘smoke and mirrors’ was not misconduct”
• reversing summary judgment and remanding 8 to determine if six-month stay in intensive management unit implicated a liberty 9 interest

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