Legal Opinion
Heath v. American Sail Training Ass'n
District Court, D. Rhode Island
Decided September 25, 1986No. C.A. 85-0329-SPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
SELYA, District Judge.
Invoking the admiralty and maritime jurisdiction of this court, these plaintiffs have brought suit against a flotilla of' defendants. They take quite literally the century-old admonition that “admiralty may be styled, not improperly, the human providence which watches over the rights and interests of those ‘who go down to the sea in ships’.” The Highland Light, 12 Fed. Cas. 138, 139 (No. 6477) (C.C.Md.1867). And, they seek redress for what they view as a massive transgression of such rights and interests. Those whom they have elected to sue concur in the message…
2Cases cited37 opinions
- Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America v. LockridgeSupreme Court of the United States · 1971
- Robert C. Hahn v. Francis W. SargentCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1975
- The HarrisburgSupreme Court of the United States · 1886
- Kossick v. United Fruit Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1961
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3Cited by26 opinions
- McAller v. SmithCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1995
- Morris v. Massachusetts Maritime AcademyMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1991
- McAleer v. SmithDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1992
- Friedman v. Mitsubishi Aircraft International, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- In Re Korean Air Lines Disaster of September 1, 1983. Philomena Dooley v. Korean Air Lines Co., LtdCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1997
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