Legal Opinion
Matter Of Riley
District Court, N.D. Oklahoma
Decided February 6, 2019No. Case No. 18-CV-233-GKF-JFJPublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
GREGORY K. FRIZZELL, CHIEF JUDGE
This limitation action arises out of an alleged accident on Tenkiller Ferry Lake in northeastern Oklahoma. Before the court is the Motion to Dismiss [Doc. 14] filed by claimant Katie Lee Osborn. She contends, inter alia , that the court lacks subject-matter jurisdiction because the lake is not a "navigable waterway" for purposes of federal admiralty jurisdiction. For the reasons set forth below, the motion is granted.
I. Procedural Background
On April 26, 2018, petitioner Larry A. Riley filed a Complaint in Admiralty for Exoneration From or Limitation of…
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