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The Administrative Claim Prerequisite To Suit Against The United States Under The Admiralty Jurisdiction Extension Act, Craig H. Allen
The Administrative Claim Prerequisite To Suit Against The United States Under The Admiralty Jurisdiction Extension Act, Craig H. Allen
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The Admiralty Jurisdiction Extension Act (AJEA) confers federal admiralty jurisdiction over all causes of action for vessel-caused damage done or consummated on land. In extending admiralty jurisdiction to land-based damage, the Act not only opened admiralty courts to a new class of litigants, it also enlarged the range of possible claims which could be brought against the United States under the Suits in Admiralty Act (SAA) or the Public Vessels Act (PVA). At the same time, however, an important prerequisite to suit against the government was incorporated into the AJEA that is absent from the SAA or PVA: where an …