Admiralty Commons^™

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. ADMIRALTY

ILA Collective Bargaining Agreements Affecting Containerized Cargo Held Invalid as "Work Acquisition" Measures

Damages from Successive, Independent Injuries may not be Cumulated to Determine "Constructive Total Loss" where Vessel has been restored to Seaworthy Condition between Injuries

Shipowner is Entitled to Lost Profits Measured by the Prevailing Market Rate During Off-Hire Extension Period

2. CUSTOMS

Trading with the Enemy Act Authorizes Treasury Regulations Prohibiting Import of Cuban Assets when the United States Interest Arises after the Effective Date of the Regulations

Standing to Protest Imposition of Dumping Duties Denied where Plaintiff unable to prove by Substantial and Convincing …

Recent Decisions, Steven A. O'Rourke, Henry C. Wood, Jr., Christopher Ryan, Phyllis K. Fong, Clifford D. Harmon

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Admiralty--Workmen's Compensation--Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act covers Waterfront Injuries to Cargo Handlers Who sometimes work Offshore or Who unpack Containers

Steven A. O'Rourke

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European Communities--Restrictive Practices--Abuse of Dominant Position--Discriminatory or Unfair Pricing Policies among EEC Customers by a Corporation in a Dominant Market Position Infringes Article 86 of the EEC Treaty

Henry Clay Wood, Jr.

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Federal Jurisdiction--State Regulation of Interstate Commerce--Federal Courts have Jurisdiction to Enjoin State Officials from Enforcing State Laws Regulating Interstate Tanker Trade where Congress intended that Federal Regulations Pre-empt the Area

Christopher Ryan

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Securities Regulation--Jurisdiction--Allegations that an International Securities Transaction involving Stock …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. Admiralty

Employer is liable as a Pro Hac Vice Owner for Negligence of an Employee Engaged in Services other than Stevedoring

Submersible Oil Storage Facility use in Connection with Off-Shore Drilling is Classifiable as a "Vessel" within Provisions of Jones Act and General Maritime Jurisdiction

Exclusive Remedy Provision of the Puerto Rico Workmen's Accident Compensation Act does not apply to a Puerto Rican Citizen Injured outside the Territory of Puerto Rico

Determination of Unseaworthiness caused by Character of a Person Aboard is Limited to Crew Members' Condition

2. Common Market

European Community Directive Requires that in the Event of …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. ADMIRALTY

Payment of Wages to Discharged Seaman is not Limited to Direct Cash Payment if other Methods are more Appropriate

Rules for the Transfer of an Admiralty Suit to another Forum are the Same for in Rem as for In Personam Actions

Longshoremen Injured on Employer's Vessel have a Negligence Action against that Employer for Non-stevedore Caused Injuries

Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Availability of an Alternative Forum denies Foreign Seaman Access to Federal Courts

Longshoreman's Employer is not a Necessary or Indispensable Party to Longshoreman's Action against Shipowner for Negligence

Wrongful Death Remedy under Decisional Maritime Law …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. Admiralty Shipowner's Warranty of Seaworthiness extends to any Regularly Used Mode of Ingress or Egress

Award of Prejudgment Interest in Admiralty may be Denied Party Substantially at Fault

Contribution will lie against the United States in Non-collision Maritime Cases when United States and Third Party Adjudged Mutually Negligent

Admiralty Jurisdiction does not Extend to Shoreside Injury Caused by Unloaded Cargo

Admiralty Jurisdiction does not Extend to Shoreside Injury Caused by Negligent Handling of Shipowner's Dunnage when Stevedore uses Own Equipment

2. ARBITRATION

Foreign Arbitration Award may be Enforceable at Bankruptcy although Issued after Initiation of Bankruptcy Proceedings

3. CONTRACTS …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Case Digest

1. ADMIRALTY

SEAMAN ENTITLED TO MAINTENANCE AND CURE UNTIL INJURY DIAGNOSED INCURABLE

INJURED SEAMAN WHO ABANDONS REHABILITATION PROGRAM DUE TO EXTENUATING CIRCUMSTANCES DOES NOT FORFEIT His RIGHT TO MAINTENANCE AND CURE

SHIPOWNER NOT ENTITLED TO INDEMNITY FOR SETTLEMENT PAID TO INJURED SEAMAN UNDER No LEGAL COMPULSION

THE SUITS IN ADMIRALTY ACT AND THE PUBLIC VESSELS ACT COMPREHEND WRONGFUL DEATH ACTIONS

2. ALIEN'S RIGHTS

MERE SEPARATION OF AN ALIEN AND HIS SPOUSE SHORTLY AFTER MARRIAGE DOES NOT MAKE THE MARRIAGE A SHAM FOR IMMIGRATION PURPOSES

ENTRY OF AN ALIEN INTO THE UNITED STATES INCLUDES ANY ENTRANCE FOLLOWING A MEANINGFUL …

Recent Decisions, Dennis L. Bryant, Kurt H. Decker, Paul S. Parker, Charles M. Jackson, Daniel A. Green, Douglass H. Mori

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

ADMIRALTY--NON-LIEN MARITIME CLAIM--SALVOR WAIVED SALVAGE LIEN BY SEIZING VESSEL PRIOR TO EXPIRATION OF AGREED PAYMENT PERIOD BUT SALVAGE CLAIM COULD BE SATISFIED FROM REMNANTS AND SURPLUS

Dennis L. Bryant Lt., US. Coast Guard

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COMPTROLLER GENERAL--ATTORNEY GENERAL'S OPINION BINDING ON COMPTROLLER GENERAL IN EXIMBANK CREDIT EXTENSIONS TO COMMUNIST COUNTRIES

Kurt H. Decker

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FOREIGN RELATIONS LAW--ACQUISITION OF CONTROL OF DOMESTIC MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION BY A WHOLLY OWNED FOREIGN GOVERNMENTAL CORPORATION DOES NOT PER SE CREATE AN UNREASONABLE CONFLICT OF INTEREST BETWEEN THE OBJECTIVES OF THE ACQUIRER AND ITS DUTIES TO THE DOMESTIC CORPORATION AND ITS SHAREHOLDERS; NOR IS THE ACQUISITION CONTRARY …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. ADMIRALTY

STOWAGE OF CONTAINERIZED CARGO ABOVE-DECK IS NOT AN UNREASONABLE DEVIATION FROM A CLEAN BILL OF LADING UNLESS BELOW-DECK STOWAGE IS ORDINARILY CONTEMPLATED

EMPLOYEE TEMPORARILY ASSIGNED AS CREWMAN IN MOTORBOAT IS NOT A JONES ACT SEAMAN

UNITED STATES CAN CHARGE A BERTHING AGENT'S BOND FOR THE UNCOLLECTED DUTY OF A SHIP WHICH WAS HANDLED AT THE AGENT'S DOCK AND REPAIRED ABROAD

TAX ON NONMUNICIPAL PILOTS DOES NOT MAKE THE USE OF PORT PILOTS COMPULSORY

FREE STANDING ELECTRICAL TRANSFORMER ATTACHED TO SKID DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A PACKAGE WITHIN COGSA

2. ALIEN'S RIGHTS

ALIENS MAY BE EXCLUDED FROM GRAND AND PETIT …

Recent Decisions, Alan L. Marchisotto, W. H. Schwarzschild Iii, Mark M. Greisberger, Richard P. Granfield, Donald B. Cameron, Jr., Isaac H. Braddock, David A. Boillot

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Recent Decisions

ADMIRALTY--COGSA--BILL OF LADING CARGO DESCRIPTION AND PACKER IDENTITY DETERMINE WHEN A CONTAINER IS A PACKAGE IN COGSA LIABILITY PROCEEDINGS

Alan L. Marchisotto

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ADMIRALTY--JURISDICTION OVER AVIATION TORT CLAIMS--ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION DOES NOT EXTEND TO AVIATION TORT CLAIMS IN THE ABSENCE OF A SIGNIFICANT RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE TORT AND TRADITIONAL MARITIME ACTIVITIES

W. H. Schwarzschild III

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ALIENS--ALIENS MAY MAINTAIN A CAUSE OF ACTION FOR PRIVATE EMPLOYMENT DISCRIMINATION UNDER 42 U.S.C. § 1981 (1970)

Mark M. Greisberger

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ANTITRUST--ARTICLE 86 OF THE EEC TREATY APPLIES TO CERTAIN CHANGES IN INTERNAL CORPORATE STRUCTURE

Richard P. Granfield

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--EXECUTIVE POWER--PRESIDENTIAL AUTHORITY …

Recent Decisions, Stanley D. Miller, G. Cranwell Montgomery, Douglas I. Friedman

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

Recent Decisions

Admiralty--Maritime Wrongful Death Action--A Maritime Wrongful Death Action for Unseaworthiness Alleging Loss of Support, Services, Society and Funeral Expenses is not Barred by Decedent's Recovery of Damages for Personal Injuries during His Lifetime

Stanley D. Miller

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Constitutional Law--Fourth Amendment Search and Seizure--Without Consent, Warrant or Probable Cause, A Roving Patrol Search of a Vehicle Twenty-Five Miles from Border is an Unreasonable Search and Seizure within Meaning of Fourth Amendment

G. Cranwell Montgomery

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Jurisdiction--Securities Exchange Act of 1934--Section 10(b) applies to Fraudulent Transaction in Unlisted Foreign Securities when the Only Conduct within the United States is the …

New Guidelines For Admiralty Tort Jurisdiction, Thomas L. Pytynia

Indiana Law Journal

No abstract provided.

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

The purpose of the Case Digest is to identify and summarize for the reader those cases that have less significance than those which merit an in-depth analysis. Included in the digest are cases that apply established legal principles without necessarily introducing new ones. This initial digest includes cases reported from January through September,1971. Henceforth, the Winter issue will include cases reported from April through September, and the Spring issue will contain cases reported from October through March. The cases are grouped into topical categories, and references are given for further research. It is hoped that attorneys, judges, teachers and students …

Recent Decisions, Randolph B. Jones, Steven M. Lucas, John D. Arterberry, Clifford Love Iii

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

ACT OF STATE--HICKENLOOPER AMENDMENT NOT AN EXPANSION OF THE "BERNSTEIN EXCEPTION"

Randolph B. Jones

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ADMIRALTY--JURISDICTION--SHIPOWNERS' DUTY OF SEAWORTHINESS DOES NOT EXTEND TO LONGSHOREMAN INJURED ON THE DOCK BY AN INSTRUMENT NOT APPURTENANT TO VESSEL

Steven M. Lucas

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ANTITRUST--E.E.C. TREATY--ACQUISITION AND MERGER OF ENTERPRISE BY FIRM HOLDING A DOMINANT POSITION WITHIN COMMON MARKET WITH EFFECT OF ELIMINATING ACTUAL OR POTENTIAL COMPETITION IN A SUBSTANTIAL PART OF THE COMMUNITY VIOLATES ARTICLE 86 OF THE E.E.C. TREATY

John D. Arterberry

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ANTITRUST--STANDING--FOREIGN NATION HAS STANDING TO SUE FOR TREBLE DAMAGES

Clifford Love III

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CONSTITUTIONAL LAW--ALIENS--STATE LAW OF INTESTATE SUCCESSION WHICH …

Recent Treaties And Statutes, Arthur R. Louv, Woodard E. Farmer, Jr., Mark R. Von Sternberg

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

ADMIRALTY--AMENDMENT TO FEDERAL MARITIME LIEN ACT--CHARTERER CONCLUSIVELY PRESUMED TO AUTHORIZE LIENS FOR NECESSARIES AND REPAIRS

Arthur R. Louv

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TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION--MASSACHUSETTS JUDICIAL EXTENSION ACT--STATE LEGISLATURE EXTENDS JURISDICTION OF STATE COURTS TO 200 MILES AT SEA

Woodard E. Farmer, Jr.

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TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION--MINING THE DEEP SEA BED--INTERNATIONAL PROBLEMS AND NATIONAL RESOLUTIONS

Mark R. von Sternberg

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. ADMIRALTY

A FEDERAL COURT Is NOT COMPELLED To ASSERT ITS ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION WHEN THE LITIGANTS HAVE INSUFFICIENT CONTACTS WITH THE UNITED STATES OR WHEN A GOOD FAITH CLAIM FOR EARNED WAGES IS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE EVIDENCE

SHIPOWNER GUILTY OF DERELECTION IN ITS NONDELEGABLE DUTY To FURNISH A SEAWORTHY VESSEL HELD NOT ENTITLED TO INDEMNIFICATION

INJUNCTION FOR THE REMOVAL OF A DAMAGED VESSEL CANNOT BE GRANTED IN A DIRECT ADMIRALTY PROCEEDING FOR THAT PURPOSE

SHIPOWNER'S LIABILITY FOR DAMAGE TO GOODS Is NOT LIMITED UNDER EITHER THE CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY SEA ACT OR THE FIRE STATUTE WHEN OWNER FAILED …

Recent Decisions, Robert M. Erickson, Jack F. Stringham, Ii, Alan Marchisotto, James T. Campbell, Ralph C. Oser, David A. Boillot

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

ACT OF STATE--Act of State Doctrine Not a Bar to Adjudication of a Counterclaim

Robert M. Erickson

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ADMIRALTY--Ship Mortgage Act of 1920--Deficiency Judgment against Mortgagor in Personam Not Precluded by State Law when Vessels were Sold at Public Foreclosure Auction without Prior Appraisal

Jack F. Stringham, II

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ALIENS--Immigration and Naturalization--Restriction of Commuter Aliens' Access to Domestic Employment by Attorney General is Abuse of Discretion

Alan Marchisotto

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EXTRADITION--Principle of Specialty--Specialty does not Preclude Prosecution for Similar Offense when Asylum Nation Would Not Consider it a Breach of Faith

Attorney General of the United States, 462 F.2d 475 (2d …

A View From The Bridge: Some Observations On Amphibious Tort Jurisdiction In Admiralty, Thomas A. Clingan Jr.

Villanova Law Review (1956 - )

No abstract provided.