Miner v. Atlass

Mr. Justice Brennan, with whom Mr. Justice Douglas and Mr. Justice Stewart join,

dissenting.

The Court today strikes down a local admiralty rule which has counterparts in District Courts throughout the country. In fact, the statistics of the most recent fiscal year in the experience of the federal courts indicate that over half the admiralty litigation in the federal courts is conducted in courts having discovery-deposition rules like the one today nullified.1 I cannot agree to a judgment *653which lightly brings about so widespread a turning back of the clock in the admiralty practice throughout…