Legal Opinion
Bertha K. Adams, as Administratrix of the Estate of George F. Adams, Deceased v. The Montana Power Company, a Montana Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 11, 1975No. 73--1871PublishedCited by 75 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before BROWNING and CHOY, Circuit Judges, and WEIGEL, District Judge. * WEIGEL, District Judge:
Appellant seeks review of the district court’s order dismissing the action for want of jurisdiction. The question presented is whether admiralty jurisdic tion encompasses a tort claim arising from the capsizing of a small pleasure boat on a dam-obstructed body of water no longer traversed by commercial maritime shipping. We affirm the judgment of the district court.
The relevant facts are not in dispute. Appellant’s decedent, riding in a small boat near Hauser dam on the Missouri River in…
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