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Maritime/Admiralty Law Practice Exam

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Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.

398 U.S. 375

overruled
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether a cause of action for wrongful death exists under general maritime law, notwithstanding the absence of a statutory remedy, and whether such a remedy is precluded by the Death on the High Seas Act or state law.
Exam use

Hornbeck Offshore Services, L.L.C. v. Salazar

713 F.3d 787

good law
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act extends federal maritime law to activities on the outer continental shelf.
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Stewart v. Dutra Construction Co.

543 U.S. 481

good law
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether a floating dredge used in construction is a 'vessel' under the Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act.
Exam use

Norfolk & Western Railway Co. v. Ayers

538 U.S. 135

good law
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether a worker can recover damages for fear of cancer under FELA when he has asbestosis but no cancer.
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Sisson v. Ruby

497 U.S. 358

good law
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether a fire on a pleasure boat in navigable waters falls within federal admiralty jurisdiction.
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Foremost Insurance Co. v. Richardson

457 U.S. 668

good law
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether a collision between two pleasure boats on navigable waters is within federal admiralty jurisdiction.
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United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.

421 U.S. 397

good law
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether the admiralty rule of equally divided damages in mutual-fault collisions should be replaced with a rule of apportionment based on comparative fault.
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United States v. Reliable Transfer Co.

421 U.S. 397

good law
Jurisdiction
United States
Relevance
Whether the maritime rule of equally dividing property damage when both parties are at fault should be replaced by a rule requiring apportionment of damages in proportion to the relative fault of each party.
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