Intro Date: 1/18/2012
Sponsor: Representative Calvin K.Y. Say (D)
Other Links: State Record
Summary: Relating to aquatic life. Prohibits the sale o f aquatic life for aquarium purposes. Establishes penalties. Requires the division of aquatic resources to submit an annual report on the effectiveness of enforcement.
History Last Action: 1/19/2012 H Referred
Intro Date: 1/25/2012
Sponsor: Representative Calvin K.Y. Say (D)
Other Links:State Record
Summary: Relating to vessels. Clarifies responsibility for disposing of vessels and amends the description of an abandoned vessel. (hb2589 hd1).
Hearing Dates: 2/7/2012 H Bill scheduled to be heard by JUD on Tuesday, 02-07-12 2:00PM in House conference room
Intro Date: 1/25/2012
Sponsor: Representative Calvin K.Y. Say (D)
Other Links: State Record
Summary: Relating to grounded vessels. Authorizes the department of land and natural resources to assume control of and remove a vessel grounded on a coral reef or in imminent danger of breaking up if the vessel cannot be removed
Tonight, Supreme Court Justice Sotomayor will be speaking to members of the Hawaii State Bar Association at Aliiolani Hale. Her speech is entitled: A Conversation with Justice Sotomayor: Work Ethic and What It Takes to be a Supreme Court Justice.
After she was nominated to the Court, I digested her decisions relating to admiralty or
New Jones Act case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. It is Manderson v. Chet Morrison Contractors, Inc., 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 18 and can be found here.
The facts don’t seem to be controversial: an engineer on a vessel was hospitalized and received treatment for ulcerative colitis, diabetes and a liver
New Defense Base Act case from the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case is Fisher v. Halliburton, 2012 U.S. App. LEXIS 641 and can be found here.
The facts are straightforward: several employees of Kellogg Brown & Root were killed in Iraq while driving logistics trucks in Iraq. Their widows and family
Update: the Supreme Court is considering the Ninth Circuit’s decision in United States v. Alvarez, relating to the Stolen Valor Act. My earlier posts on this case are here and here. Mr. Alvarez just filed his Brief which can be downloaded (Respondent’s Brief)
The Question Presented is:
Section 704(B) of Title
News Flash – the Supreme Court issued a decision in Pacific Operations Offshore, LLP v. Valladolid, an Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act/Longshore Act case arising from the Ninth Circuit. The Supreme Court affirmed the Ninth Circuit’s decision, rejecting the approaches adopted by the Third Circuit Court of Appeals and the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals.
Last week, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in the Roberts v. Sea-Land Services case. The transcript of oral arguments is here.
The issue in this case is when an injured longshore worker’s “Average Weekly Wage” is to be determined: at the time of the entitlement to an award of compensation or the actual