Legal Opinion
Galilea, LLC v. AGCS Marine Insurance Co.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided January 16, 2018No. 16-35474, 16-35475PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BERZON, Circuit Judge:
“The sea, although an agreeable, is a dangerous companion,” wrote Plato more than two millennia ago. Our case is about that danger; it concerns “a brave vessel .,, [d]ash’d all to pieces,” like the ship Prospero hexed in The Tempest. William Shakespeare, The Tempest act 1, sc. 2.
Although the background has its drama, the primary legal issues are more mundane: Is an arbitration provision in a maritime insurance policy enforceable despite law in the forum state assertedly precluding its application? In addressing this question, we consider several questions…
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