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The Search For Moby Dick: The Role Of State Law In Maritime Tort Cases, John E. Holloway May 2026

The Search For Moby Dick: The Role Of State Law In Maritime Tort Cases, John E. Holloway

Washington and Lee Law Review Online

In 1917, the United States Supreme Court held in Southern Pacific v. Jensen that a state statute is invalid if it “interferes with the proper harmony and uniformity of [the general maritime law].” Over a century after Jensen, we still do not know the limits of this “uniformity principle.” Just two years ago, the United States Supreme Court found that this question—what is the role of state law in maritime cases?—remains “one of the most perplexing in the law.”

This Article tracks the Court’s struggle to make sense of the Uniformity principle. It surveys the Court’s inconsistent rulings and criticisms …


La Cour! La Mer!, Mark A. Drumbl Jan 2024

La Cour! La Mer!, Mark A. Drumbl

Scholarly Articles

The presence of courts—la Cour, certainement, mais d’autres aussi—weaves and wends throughout The Last Colony. Fundamentally, this is a story of courts (tribunals, arbitrations, etc.) righting wrongs or, in the least, setting a tune for wrongrighting to which political institutions then can hum along. Philippe Sands evokes the solemnity of legalism with the ‘La Cour!’ greeting, which he plays and replays, and with which he begins his book. These are welcoming words, for Sands, and also welcoming words for law, insofar as they signal the opening of the International Court of Justice (ICJ)—La Cour!—for the …


Navigating The Straits Of Settlement And Insolvency: A Reconciliation Of Joint And Several Liability And Proportionate Settlement Under The Maritime Law, David D. Jensen Mar 2003

Navigating The Straits Of Settlement And Insolvency: A Reconciliation Of Joint And Several Liability And Proportionate Settlement Under The Maritime Law, David D. Jensen

Washington and Lee Law Review

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I. Admiralty & Maritime Law Mar 1988

I. Admiralty & Maritime Law

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Ii. Admiralty Mar 1986

Ii. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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United States V. Maine, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1985

United States V. Maine, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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United States V. Louisiana, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1984

United States V. Louisiana, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

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United States V. Maine, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1984

United States V. Maine, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Ii. Admiralty Mar 1984

Ii. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Ii. Admiralty Mar 1983

Ii. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Ii. Admiralty Mar 1982

Ii. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Northern Pipeline Construction Co. V. Marathon Pipe Line Co., Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1981

Northern Pipeline Construction Co. V. Marathon Pipe Line Co., Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Ii. Admiralty Mar 1981

Ii. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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The Long Arm Of Federal Courts: Domesticjurisdiction On The High Seas, Elizabeth P. Devine Jan 1980

The Long Arm Of Federal Courts: Domesticjurisdiction On The High Seas, Elizabeth P. Devine

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Ii. Admiralty Mar 1979

Ii. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Director, Office Of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department Of Labor V. Rasmussen, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1978

Director, Office Of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department Of Labor V. Rasmussen, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


I. Admiralty Mar 1978

I. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Maritime Attachment And Arrest: Facing A Jurisdictional And Procedural Due Process Attack Jan 1978

Maritime Attachment And Arrest: Facing A Jurisdictional And Procedural Due Process Attack

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


Mobil Oil Corporation V. Higginbotham, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1977

Mobil Oil Corporation V. Higginbotham, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Apportioning Maritime Collision Damages: Applying The Rule Of Reliable Transfer Sep 1977

Apportioning Maritime Collision Damages: Applying The Rule Of Reliable Transfer

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.


I. Admiralty Mar 1977

I. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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Pleasure Boat Torts In Admiralty Jurisdiction: Satisfying The Maritime Nexus Standard Jan 1977

Pleasure Boat Torts In Admiralty Jurisdiction: Satisfying The Maritime Nexus Standard

Washington and Lee Law Review

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I. Admiralty Mar 1976

I. Admiralty

Washington and Lee Law Review

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United States V. Maine, Lewis F. Powell Jr. Oct 1974

United States V. Maine, Lewis F. Powell Jr.

Supreme Court Case Files

No abstract provided.


Eminent Domain-Evaluation Of Merchant Ships Requisitioned By Government Under War Emergency Powers [United States V. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Nay. Co., U. S. Sup. Ct. 1949]. Sep 1950

Eminent Domain-Evaluation Of Merchant Ships Requisitioned By Government Under War Emergency Powers [United States V. Toronto, Hamilton & Buffalo Nay. Co., U. S. Sup. Ct. 1949].

Washington and Lee Law Review

No abstract provided.