Legal Opinion
Sisson v. Ruby
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 25, 1990No. 88-2041PublishedCited by 509 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Marshall
We must decide whether 28 U. S. C. §1333(1), which grants federal district courts jurisdiction over “[a]ny civil case of admiralty or maritime jurisdiction,” confers federal jurisdiction over petitioner’s limitation of liability suit brought in connection with a fire on his vessel. We hold that it does.1
*360Everett Sisson was the owner of the Ultorian, a 56-foot pleasure yacht. On September 24, 1985, while the Ultorian was docked at a marina on Lake Michigan, a navigable waterway, a fire erupted in the area of the vessel’s washer/dryer unit. The fire destroyed the Ultorian and damaged several…
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