Legal Opinion
United States v. Matson Nav. Co. The Louie III
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 19, 1953No. 12902_1PublishedCited by 49 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STEPHENS, Circuit Judge.
A unique body of law particularly appropriate to the regulation and settlement of the special problems arising out of sea navigation and commerce has been developed for the “men who go down to the sea in ships” and for the merchants who use the waterways of the world as highways. The maritime law has grown from ancient times to the present day, changing with changing times to meet the objective of .common justice. Landlubber courts, nurtured in the common law of their several countries, early conceded litigation relating to the sea to a specialty court commonly called…
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