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Offshore Logistics, Inc. Vs. Tallentire

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 23, 1986

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  1. Mobil Oil Corp. Vs. Higginbotham US Supreme Court · Jun 05, 1978
  2. Southern Pacific Co. Vs. Jensen US Supreme Court · May 21, 1917
  3. Herb's Welding, Inc. Vs. Gray US Supreme Court · Mar 18, 1985
  4. Western Fuel Co. Vs. Garcia US Supreme Court · Dec 05, 1921
  5. U.S. 207 (1986) U.S. Supreme Court Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
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  6. U.S. 207 (1986) Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
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  7. Ibid. (quoting Nygaard v. Peter
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  8. Cortes v. Baltimore
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  9. See also Steamboat Co. v. Chase
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  10. The Need for Legislative Reform, 64 Colum.L.Rev. 648, 650 (1964). See also Wilson v. Transocean
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  11. to the States' competence to provide wrongful death relief for causes of action arising on the high seas. See Moragne v. States
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  12. left by The Harrisburg. Page 477 U. S. 214 Moragne v. States
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  13. Wilson v. Transocean
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  14. Moragne v. States
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  15. As this Court explained in Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
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  16. In 1970, therefore, the Court overruled The Harrisburg. In Moragne v. States
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  17. some of the various subsidiary questions concerning the Moragne federal death remedy in Sea-Land Services, Inc. v. Gaudet
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  18. of defining the applicable law, because maritime law was deemed inapposite to these fixed structures. See Rodrigue v. Aetna
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  19. Id. at 395 U. S. 360 . See also Herb's Welding, Inc. v. Gray
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  20. OCSLA to wrongful death actions arising from accidents Page 477 U. S. 218 on offshore platforms. Rodrigue v. Aetna
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  21. mainland, OCSLA, not DOHSA, governs their cause of action. They contend that, in Rodrigue and Gulf Offshore Co. v. Mobil
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  22. that moved Congress to treat drilling platforms as upland federal enclaves, rather than vessels. Rodrigue v. Aetna
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  23. of an activity bearing a significant relationship to a traditional maritime activity. See Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City
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  24. Cf. Herb's Welding, Inc. v. Gray
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  25. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Perini
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  26. purposes underlying the Act, and the importance of uniformity of admiralty law. See Mastro Plastics Corp. v. NLRB
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  27. quoting United States v. Heirs
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  28. Madruga v. Superior
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  29. Id. at 560-561 (quoting Red Cross Line v. Atlantic
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  30. standards. Baxter, Choice of Law and the Federal System, 16 Stan.L.Rev. 1, 34 (1963) (referring to Erie R. Co. v. Tompkins
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  31. U. S. 64 (1938)). See also Garrett v. Moore-McCormack
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  32. Stevens, Erie RR. v. Tompkins
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  33. if in conflict with DOHSA's provisions. Safir v. Compagnie
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  34. waters might be deemed beyond the competency of state courts. In 1917, this Court handed down Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen
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  35. a wrongful death remedy enforceable in admiralty for accidents on territorial waters. See, e.g., Western Fuel Co. v. Garcia
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  36. Steamboat Co. v. Chase
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  37. was thought not to displace these Page 477 U. S. 225 state remedies on territorial waters, see Moragne v. States
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  38. doctrine expressed most forcefully in Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen
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  39. those claims to the extent state common law remedies conflicted with governing federal maritime law. See Chelentis v. Luckenbach
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  40. supra. Cf. Workman v. New
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  41. it was explicitly provided for by federal legislation directly on point. See Southern Pacific Co. v. Jensen
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  42. Garrett v. Moore-McCormack
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  43. Pope & Talbot, Inc. v. Hawn
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  44. concurrent jurisdiction over maritime matters could not apply conflicting state substantive law. See Chelentis v. Luckenbach
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  45. supra. See also Cannon v. University
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  46. Knickerbocker Ice Co. v. Stewart
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  47. U. S. 149 , 253 U. S. 164 (1920). See Wilson v. Transocean
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  48. and to achieve uniformity in the provision of such a remedy. Moragne v. States
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  49. Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham
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  50. citing as authority Wilson v. Transocean
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