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“it has been the law for decades that the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon....”
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State of NY v. Lutheran Center for the Aging, Inc.
it has been the law for decades that the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon....
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Delta Dental of Rhode Island v. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Rhode Island
unquestionably, federated stores made some alteration of the master-of-the-complaint rule.
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Foschi Ex Rel. Foschi v. United States Swimming, Inc.
it has been the law for decades that the party who brings a suit is master to decide what law he will rely upon.
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Francine Caruso v. Sterling Yacht and Shipbuilders, Inc., and John Acland, Master of the Passenger Vessel \Bengale I\""
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ship undergoing sea trials is not 'in navigation' for purposes of the jones act
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State Ex Rel. Gaydos v. Blaeuer
The court noted that the neutral principles approach had been applied only to court property disputes and it should not be extended to religious controversies “in the areas of church government, order and discipline.” Id. at 396.
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Young v. N. ILL. CONF. OF UNITED METHODIST CHURCH
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Id. at 393.
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Young v. Northern Illinois Conference of United Methodist Church
(2×)
Id. at 393.
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Lewis v. Lake Region Conference of Seventh Day Adventists
Id. at 393.
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Marroquin v. American Trading Transportation Co.
(2×)
Concerned that the three-mile line would become “the on-off switch for the LHWCA,” id. at 271, the Court of Appeals held that the shipfitter who “happened] to have been several nautical miles out to sea” retained his coverage during the sea trial.
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Lormand v. Superior Oil Co.
Garret v. Dean Shank Drilling Co., 799 F.2d 1007 (5th Cir.1986); Reynolds v. Ingalls Shipbuilding Division, 788 F.2d 264, 267 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, — U.S. -, 107 S,Ct. 278, 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986); Barrett, 781 F.2d at 1074 .
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Richard L. Abrams v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Id. at 384-385; Commissioner v. Stewart, 186 F.2d 239, 242 (6th Cir. 1951); Olsen v. Helvering, 88 F.2d 650, 651 (2d Cir.1937).
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Heard v. Johnson
See Hutchison v. Thomas, 789 F.2d 392 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986).
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Mitola v. Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory
See Reynolds v. Ingalls Shipbuilding Div., Litton Systems, Inc., 788 F.2d 264, 268 (5th Cir.) (‘We conclude, however, that navigable waters of the United States may include the high seas, arid that both the legislative history of the LHWCA as well as the congressional objectives underlying the Act mandate that the Act apply to Reynolds.”), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 278 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986); Cove Tankers Corp. v. United Ship Repair, Inc. (Cove Tankers II), 683 F.2d 38, 41 (2nd Cir.1982) (“[W]e do nót believe it necessary to engage ... in the difficult analysis of whether …
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Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)
Phillips Petroleum Co. v. Shutts, 472 U.S. 797, 814-823 , 105 S.Ct. 2965, 2975-80 , 86 L.Ed.2d 628 (1985); see Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Sarkisian, 794 F.2d 754, 762 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986).
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Burgess v. Rock Creek Baptist Church
See Hutchison v. Thomas, 789 F.2d 392, 395 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986). 4 .
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Her Majesty The Queen In Right Of The Province Of Ontario v. The City Of Detroit
See Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Sarkisian, 794 F.2d 754, 760-61 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986).
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Her Majesty the Queen in Right of the Province of Ontario v. City of Detroit
See Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Sarkisian, 794 F.2d 754, 760-61 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986).
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Minker v. Baltimore Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church
See Hutchison v. Thomas, 789 F.2d 392 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986) (First Amendment precludes exercise of jurisdiction over minister’s challenge to forced retirement); Rayburn v. General Conference of Seventh-Day Adventists, 772 F.2d 1164 (4th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 478 U.S. 1020 , 106 S.Ct. 3333 , 92 L.Ed.2d 739 (1986) (First Amendment bars Title VII action against church by one of its ministers); Kaufmann v. Sheehan, 707 F.2d 355 (8th Cir.1983) (First Amendment bars inquiry into allegations that religious officials prevented plaintiff fro…
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Gemcraft Homes, Inc. v. Sumurdy
See Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Sarkisian, 794 F.2d 754, 760-61 (2d Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986), United Jersey Banks v. Parell, 783 F.2d 360, 368 (3d Cir.), cert. denied, 476 U.S. 1170 , 106 S.Ct. 2892 , 90 L.Ed.2d 979 (1986).
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Johnson v. Gulf Coast Contracting Services, Inc.
See Reynolds v. Ingalls Shipbuilding Div., 788 F.2d 264, 267 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. -, 107 S.Ct. 278 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986); Garret v. Dean Shank Drilling Co., 799 F.2d 1007 (5th Cir.1986); Fredieu v. Rowan Companies, Inc., 738 F.2d 651 (5th Cir.1984).
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Van Osdol v. Vogt
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See Kaufmann v. Sheehan, 707 F.2d 355, 358-59 (8th Cir.1983) (finding that even though there may be some secular aspects to the priesthood, claims for fraud or collusion that relate to a person’s status as a priest are unrelated to secular purposes but instead go to the heart of internal matters of faith and thus, no fraud or collusion exception is available); see also Hutchison v. Thomas, 789 F.2d 392, 395 (6th Cir.) (refusing to find a fraud or collusion exception based on the firm policy protecting First Amendment rights that prohibits inquiry into ecclesiastical decisions absent the most…
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Linda E. Dausch v. Reverend Greg Rykse, Knox Presbyterian Church, Chicago Presbytery, Also Known as Presbytery of Chicago
See also Hutchison v. Thomas, 789 F.2d 392, 396 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986); Kaufmann v. Sheehan, 707 F.2d 355, 358-59 (8th Cir.1983); Simpson v. Wells Lamont Corp., 494 F.2d 490, 493 (5th Cir.1974); Minker v. Baltimore Annual Conf. of United Methodist Church, 699 F.Supp. 954, 955 (D.D.C.1988), aff'd in part, remanded, 894 F.2d 1354 (D.C.Cir.1990); cf. Dowd v. Society of St.
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Kollias v. D & G Marine Maintenance
Id. (emphasis added); see also Reynolds v. Ingalls Shipbuilding Div., 788 F.2d 264, 268 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 278 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986); Cove Tankers I, 528 F.Supp. at 108 .
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Spyridon Kollias v. D & G Marine Maintenance, State Insurance Fund, and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor, B & a Marine Co. And State Insurance Fund v. Eleftherios Gouvatsos and Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor
Section 39(b) provides: 24 Judicial proceedings under sections 918 [collection of defaulted payments] and 921 [review of compensation orders] of this title in respect of any injury or death occurring on the high seas shall be instituted in the district court within whose territorial jurisdiction is located the office of the deputy commissioner having jurisdiction in respect of such injury or death. 25 Id. (emphasis added); see also Reynolds v. Ingalls Shipbuilding Div., 788 F.2d 264, 268 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 278 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986); Cove Tankers I, 528 F.Supp.…
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Reverend Arcadio Natal v. The Christian and Missionary Alliance
McClure v. Salvation Army, 460 F.2d 553, 558-59 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 409 U.S. 896 , 93 S.Ct. 132 , 34 L.Ed.2d 153 (1972): see also Hutchison v. Thomas, 789 F.2d 392, 396 (6th Cir.), cert. denied, 479 U.S. 885 , 107 S.Ct. 277 , 93 L.Ed.2d 253 (1986); Kaufmann v. Sheehan, 707 F.2d 355, 358-59 (8th Cir.1983); Simpson v. Wells Lamont Corp., 494 F.2d 490, 493 (5th Cir.1974); Minker v. Baltimore Annual Conf., United Methodist Church, 699 F.Supp. 954, 955 (D.D.C.1988); cf. Dowd v. Society of St.
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Sarkisian
v.
Travelers Indemnity Co.
v.
Travelers Indemnity Co.
No. 86-274.
Supreme Court of the United States.
Oct 14, 1986.
Published
C. A. 2d Cir. Certiorari denied.