Legal Opinion
Churchill v. The F/V Fjord
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 7, 1984No. 82-3644PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HUG, Circuit Judge:
This is an admiralty case in which a key issue is an interpretation of state law. We took this ease en bane, at the request of the three-judge panel that initially heard this case, to decide whether we should accord special deference to a district judge’s interpretation of state law or whether we should review such determinations under the independent de novo standard that we apply to a district judge’s interpretation of federal law.
This case involves a personal injury action and a wrongful death action arising out of the navigation of three skiffs, two of which collided…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Bishop v. WoodSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- United States v. Winston Bryant McConneyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Runyon v. McCrarySupreme Court of the United States · 1976
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3Cited by7 opinions
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- Barclays Discount Bank Ltd. v. LevyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1984
- Campbell v. Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior UniversityCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
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