Plaintiffs in the 1999 case LeBlanc v. Cleveland invoked this type of jurisdiction for their tort claim.
Plaintiffs in the 1999 case LeBlanc v. Cleveland invoked this type of jurisdiction for their tort claim. In U.S. courts, "personification theory" is a norm in this area of law. The "saving to suitors" clause lets parties pursue remedies in state court in matters of this sort, in which case a so-called "reverse-Erie doctrine" requires states to apply federal law. Titles 33 and 46 of the U.S. Code, the latter of which includes COGSA, pertain to this area of law. It's not Puerto Rico, but a 1920 Jones Act permits legal remedy for negligence under this area of law. The review of (*) charter-parties and of cabotage arrangements falls under this area of law, whose early history includes the Code of Oleron, set out by Eleanor of Aquitaine. The forfeiture case United States v. Approximately 64,695 Pounds of Shark Fins was a matter of, for 10 points, what area of law including disputes over shipping and navigation of the seas?
Plaintiffs in the 1999 case LeBlanc v. Cleveland invoked this type of jurisdiction for their tort claim.
admiralty law [or maritime law; prompt on federal jurisdiction before "suitors"; anti-prompt on shipping law before "shipping"; anti-prompt on navigation law before "navigation"; do NOT accept or prompt on "Law(s) of the Sea"] 