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Recent Developments, Author Unidentified
Recent Developments, Author Unidentified
Vanderbilt Law Review
The frequent criticism of the strict locality test as the sole determinant of admiralty jurisdiction resulted in the Supreme Court's requirement of a significant relationship with traditional maritime activity in Executive Jet. The Court's failure to give lucid guidance to later courts in applying the new requirement in non-aviation cases was partially remedied by the Fifth Circuit's implementation of the maritime-nexus test utilizing a factor analysis in Kelly. For those courts that follow Kelly, this new interpretation of the test will provide needed guidelines for determining when admiralty should properly exercise jurisdiction. The courts should not limit themselves, however, to …