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Sisson Vs. Ruby

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  • US Supreme Court
  • Jun 25, 1990

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  1. Foremost Ins. Co. Vs. Richardson US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1982
  2. New Bedford Dry Dock Co. Vs. Purdy US Supreme Court · Feb 27, 1922
  3. Offshore Logistics, Inc. Vs. Tallentire US Supreme Court · Jun 23, 1986
  4. Hanover Star Milling Co. Vs. Metcalf US Supreme Court · Mar 06, 1916
  5. U.S. 358 (1990) U.S. Supreme Court Sisson v. Ruby
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  6. U.S. 358 (1990) Sisson v. Ruby
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  7. arises out of an activity that bears a substantial relationship to traditional maritime activity. Foremost Ins. Co. v. Richardson
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  8. the incident that may have rendered it more or less likely to disrupt commercial activity. See Executive Jet Aviation v. City
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  9. Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City
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  10. U. S. 670 , n. 2, between an 18-foot pleasure boat and a 16-foot recreational fishing boat, see Richardson v. Foremost
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  11. most significant hazards facing commercial vessels. Page 497 U. S. 363 See, e.g., Southport Fisheries, Inc. v. Saskatchewan
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  12. also reveal that all the relevant entities were engaged in a common form of activity. See Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City
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  13. Kelly v. Smith
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  14. In other Circuits, this test has continued to dominate the landscape even in the wake of Foremost. See, e.g., Drake v. Raymark
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  15. Guidry v. Durkin
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  16. Lewis Charters, Inc. v. Huckins
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  17. CA11 1989). The Fourth Circuit appears to follow Kelly as well, although how closely is unclear. Compare Oman v. Johns-Manville
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  18. emphasis added), with Bubla v. Bradshaw
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  19. as exclusive). The precise state of the law in the Fifth Circuit after Foremost is also unclear. Compare Mollett v. Penrod
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  20. Mollett v. Penrod
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  21. a substantial relationship to traditional maritime activity without applying any additional factors. See Keene Corp. v. United
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  22. Kelly v. United
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  23. F.2d 176, 178-179, n. 4 (1989), but has not set forth in concrete terms the test it would apply, cf. Petersen v. Chesapeake
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  24. but I do not agree with the test the Court applies to conclude that this is so. Prior to Foremost Ins. Co. v. Richardson
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  25. which had been devised 10 years earlier for torts not involving vessels, see Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City
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  26. Despite that passage, however, we held in Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City
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  27. U. S. 254 , would be deemed within the admiralty jurisdiction without further inquiry. In Foremost Ins. Co. v. Richardson
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  28. the former having been deemed nonmaritime, See People's Ferry Co. of Boston v. Beers
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  29. How. 393 (1858), and the latter maritime, see New Bedford Dry Dock Co. v. Purdy
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  30. it was revolutionizing admiralty jurisdiction. It is noteworthy, moreover, that a later case, Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire
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  31. Z. Chafee, The Thomas M. Cooley Lectures, Some Problems of Equity 312 (1950) (quoting Hanover Star Milling Co. v. Metcalf
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  32. U.S. Supreme Court Sisson v. Ruby
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  33. See Executive Jet Aviation v. City
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  34. Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City
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  35. Richardson v. Foremost
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  36. Southport Fisheries, Inc. v. Saskatchewan
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  37. See Executive Jet Aviation, Inc. v. City
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  38. Drake v. Raymark
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  39. Compare Oman v. Johns-Manville
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  40. Bubla v. Bradshaw
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  41. Compare Mollett v. Penrod
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  42. Mollett v. Penrod
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  43. See Keene Corp. v. United
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  44. Petersen v. Chesapeake
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  45. In Foremost Ins. Co. v. Richardson
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  46. See People's Ferry Co. of Boston v. Beers
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