Legal Opinion
Fednav, Ltd. v. Isoramar, S.A.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 12, 1991No. 561, Docket 90-7592PublishedCited by 28 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MINER, Circuit Judge:
Plaintiff-appellant Fednav, Ltd. (“Fed-nav”) appeals from a judgment entered in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Broderick, J.) dismissing its complaint against defendant-appellee Isoramar, S.A. (“Isoramar”) for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. The district court found that Isoramar’s agreement to contribute to the settlement of a cargo claim was not a maritime contract permitting invocation of the court’s admiralty jurisdiction.
On appeal, Fednav asserts that we must look to the subject matter of the original contract in deciding…
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