Legal Opinion
Law v. Sea Drilling Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 7, 1975No. 30657PublishedCited by 33 opinions
1Opinion
ON PETITIONS FOR REHEARING
(Opinion March 21, 1975, 5 Cir., 1975, 510 F.2d 242).
Before BROWN, Chief Judge, and GEWIN and MORGAN, Circuit Judges. JOHN R. BROWN, Chief Judge:
Defendant Sea Drilling Corporation (Seadrill) has made a substantial attack on our implicit holding that where death occurred due to injuries on the jurisdictional waters of the Death on the High Seas Act Gaudet and Moragne allow recovery for items historically not permit*794ted under the strictures of DOHSA’s stringent pecuniary loss test.1
In passing on this reprise we take our text from The Sea Gull2 from the pen of Judge…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Kernan v. American Dredging Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Fitzgerald v. United States Lines Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1963
- Arthur H. Barbe, Admr. v. David N. Drummond, David N. DrummondCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1974
- Devlin v. Flying Tiger Lines, Inc.District Court, S.D. New York · 1963
- Bugden v. Trawler Cambridge, Inc.Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1946
3Cited by33 opinions
- Miles v. Apex Marine Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1990
- Mobil Oil Corp. v. HigginbothamSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- Miles v. MelroseCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- H. Azzopardi, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Azzopardi, Deceased v. Ocean Drilling & Exploration Co.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Phyllis M. Nelson, Etc., and Cross-Appellant v. United States of America, and Cross-Appellee v. Duncanson-Harrelson Co., Third PartyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1981
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