The Supreme Court just agreed to hear a Longshore and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act decision of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals. The case is Roberts v. Sea-Land.
The Ninth Circuit decision can be found here.
I'll digest the decision later. The Supreme Court only granted the cert petition on one of the Questions
New Federal Tort Claims Act case from the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals.
The case involved an issue of whether the USA is entitled to an up-the-ladder immunity that companies enjoy under Kentucky state law. The Sixth Circuit found that the USA was so entitled and affirmed the summary dismissal of the claimant’s lawsuit. The case is Himes v. USA
New case from the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals regarding arbitration clause in a Jones Act employment contract. The case is Lindo v. NCL (BAHAMAS), LTD., 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18001 and it can be found here (with a 24 page dissent, it is 92 pages, so PRINT CAUTION).
Facts: a Nicaraguan citizen is
New Ninth Circuit case involving a maritime tort claim against a cruise ship for injuries suffered during a port call. The case is Samuels v. Holland American Line-USA Inc., et al. and it can be found here.
Facts: The plaintiff was injured during a port call to Cabo San Lucas. His injuries were caused by
Preface vii
Acknowledgments xiii
State-Sponsored Terrorism and Its Perpetrators 1
Defining Terrorism-History, Logic, France, and Mark Twain 1
How to Judge State-Sponsored Terror-Where to Stand and What to Do 13
Judicial Proceedings-Letelier-Moffitt 27
Judicial Proceedings-Pinochet, not Kissinger 31
Judicial Proceedings-the French Cases 45
Vichy France-The Background 46
The Crime Against Humanity 48
The ten-year anniversary of 9/11 prompted a vivid documentary about the boatlift of hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers off Manhattan following the World Trade Center attacks.
Alternative, less choppy video, here.
On the Coast Guard’s efforts, and the herculean response of the maritime community in New York, the Commandant of the U.S. Coast
Four links under "marine spatial”:
New Law Review Article on Marine Spatial Planning and Ocean Governance
White House Ocean Policy Task Force Releases Framework for Spatial Planning
Interagency Ocean Policy Task Force Meeting – Live Tweet
Ocean Policy Task Force – Meeting in Honolulu, September 29, 2009
Link to website in email:
Occasionally, I'll digress from the usual eclectic fare of this blog to share some interesting cases from around the country.
I posted earlier about the Stolen Valor Act case arising from California. The case involved a man asserting his receipt of the Medal of Honor. Per the Ninth Circuit:
Apparently, Alvarez makes a hobby of lying about himself to make people think he is “a psycho from the mental ward with Rambo stories.” The summer before his election to the water district board, a woman informed the FBI about Alvarez’s propensity for making false claims about his military past. Alvarez told her that he won the Medal of Honor for rescuing the American Ambassador during the Iranian hostage crisis, and that he had been shot in the back as he returned to the embassy to save the American flag. Alvarez reportedly told another woman that he was a Vietnam veteran helicopter pilot who had been shot down but then, with the help of his buddies, was able to get the chopper back into the sky.
The Ninth Circuit reversed the conviction, here . As predicted, the United States just petitioned for Supreme Court review (petition here).
The Question Presented is:
Section 704(B) of Title 18, United States Code, makes it a crime when anyone “falsely represents himself or herself, *** verbally or in writing, to have been awarded any decoaration or medal authorized by Congress for the Armed Forces of the United States.” The Question Presented is Whether 18 U.S.C. 704(B) is facially invalid under the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment.
Stay tuned.
New Defense Base Act/ Longshore case from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals. The issue is on the timeliness of filing a claim. The case is Dyncorp Int’l v. Dir., OWCP, 2011 U.S. App. LEXIS 18325 and can be found here.
Facts: a civilian employee was shot by a United Nations peacekeeper from
In the days before the EAGLE, the cadets of the U.S. Coast Guard Academy conducted training cruises on cutters in the fleet.
This is a great video from the Good Ole Days…..