Superior Court for the State of California v. Heincy (In re Heincy)

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• section 1292(a)(3) jurisdiction found where decision of priority between two liens decided only controversy between two parties and 1
• cargo claims under Ship Mortgage Act sounded in tort and thus were entitled to preferred lien status
• “If [the vessel’s 26 operator] breached its duty of care with respect to [the shipper] then that breach of duty 27 can give rise to tort liability irrespective of contract obligations between the parties.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).