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maritime claim in Alabama

5 Alabama opinions name it 1 courts 1992–2025 2 in the last five years

The cases below were cited by Alabama courts in a sentence that names this issue. Sides come from how each citing opinion treated the case (Syfertize flag on that citation), so a case can appear on both: that is where the law is contested. A red or yellow chip is the case's own overall treatment.

Followed or applied (1)

CaseFollowedCited
Southern Pacific Company v. Jensenred
scotus · 1916 · cited in 2 Alabama opinions naming this issue, 2025–2025
2 sentences

2025Co. v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205, 216 (1917)).

2025Co. v. Jensen, 244 U.S. 205, 216 (1917)).

22

Distinguished, questioned or overruled (0)

CaseNegativeCited
No negative-treatment citations attached to this issue in Alabama. Read the followed side critically anyway.

Also cited on this issue (8)

CaseCitedYears
American Dredging Co. v. Miller green
scotus · 1994
2 sentences

2025State law, however, is not completely supplanted when a state court adjudicates a maritime claim, and state law -- including, for example, procedural rules of court -- may be applied so long as the state law does not work " 'material prejudice to the characteristic features of the general maritime law or interfere[] with the proper harmony and uniformity of that [admiralty] law ….' " American Dredging Co., 510 U.S. at 447 (quoting Southern Pac.

2025State law, however, is not completely supplanted when a state court adjudicates a maritime claim, and state law -- including, for example, procedural rules of court -- may be applied so long as the state law does not work " 'material prejudice to the characteristic features of the general maritime law or interfere[] with the proper harmony and uniformity of that [admiralty] law ….' " American Dredging Co., 510 U.S. at 447 (quoting Southern Pac.

22025–2025
cluster 396203 green
ca3 · 1981
2 sentences

2000It follows, therefore, that federal maritime law also governs the indemnity claims of the shipowners against [third-party defendants.] Vaughn v. Farrell Lines, Inc ., 937 F.2d 953 , 956 (4th Cir. 1991) (where the `underlying tort claims from which the indemnity claim is derived . . . are maritime tort claims,' the `"indemnity claim arising therefrom is similarly a maritime claim"'); White v. Johns-Manville Corp ., 662 F.2d 243 , 247 (4th Cir. 1981); Swogger v. Waterman S.S.

1992Vaughn v. Farrell Lines, Inc. , 937 F.2d 953 , 956 (4th Cir. 1991) (where the "underlying tort claims from which the indemnity claim is derived . . . are maritime tort claims," the " 'indemnity claim arising therefrom is similarly a maritime claim' "); White v. Johns-Manville Corp. , 662 F.2d 243 , 247 (4th Cir. 1981); Swogger v. Waterman S.S.

21992–2000
Swogger v. Waterman Steamship Corp. green
nyappdiv · 1989
2 sentences

2000Corp ., 151 A.D.2d 100 , 546 N.Y.S.2d 80 *Page 729 (1989); T.

2000Corp ., 151 A.D.2d 100 , 546 N.Y.S.2d 80 *Page 729 (1989); T.

21992–2000
cluster 564339 green
ca3 · 1991
2 sentences

2000It follows, therefore, that federal maritime law also governs the indemnity claims of the shipowners against [third-party defendants.] Vaughn v. Farrell Lines, Inc ., 937 F.2d 953 , 956 (4th Cir. 1991) (where the `underlying tort claims from which the indemnity claim is derived . . . are maritime tort claims,' the `"indemnity claim arising therefrom is similarly a maritime claim"'); White v. Johns-Manville Corp ., 662 F.2d 243 , 247 (4th Cir. 1981); Swogger v. Waterman S.S.

1992Vaughn v. Farrell Lines, Inc. , 937 F.2d 953 , 956 (4th Cir. 1991) (where the "underlying tort claims from which the indemnity claim is derived . . . are maritime tort claims," the " 'indemnity claim arising therefrom is similarly a maritime claim' "); White v. Johns-Manville Corp. , 662 F.2d 243 , 247 (4th Cir. 1981); Swogger v. Waterman S.S.

21992–2000
cluster 509511 green
ca5 · 1988
1 sentence

1993Smith Son, Inc. , 852 F.2d 1421 , 1430 n. 11 (5th Cir. 1988), cert. denied , 490 U.S. 1106 , 109 S.Ct. 3156 , 104 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1989).

11993–1993
Ashenbaugh v. Crucible Inc. 1975 Salaried Retirement Plan green
scotus · 1989
1 sentence

1993Smith Son, Inc. , 852 F.2d 1421 , 1430 n. 11 (5th Cir. 1988), cert. denied , 490 U.S. 1106 , 109 S.Ct. 3156 , 104 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1989).

11993–1993
Monsanto Co. v. United States green
scotus · 1989
1 sentence

1993Smith Son, Inc. , 852 F.2d 1421 , 1430 n. 11 (5th Cir. 1988), cert. denied , 490 U.S. 1106 , 109 S.Ct. 3156 , 104 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1989).

11993–1993
Hatten v. Rains green
scotus · 1989
1 sentence

1993Smith Son, Inc. , 852 F.2d 1421 , 1430 n. 11 (5th Cir. 1988), cert. denied , 490 U.S. 1106 , 109 S.Ct. 3156 , 104 L.Ed.2d 1019 (1989).

11993–1993

Statutes the citing opinions construe

USC § 28u.s.c.1333 (3)

Counted by distinct opinions that both name this issue and are annotated to the section; sections every opinion cites regardless of issue are not filtered here, so read the counts against the total above.

Where else courts name it

LA 21 (1969–2014) CA 9 (1973–2021) NY 8 (1874–2000) FL 6 (1968–2019) WA 6 (1927–2021) TX 5 (1992–2014) AL 5 (1992–2025) MA 4 (1947–2006) CT 2 (1925–1991)

Opinions by the citing court's state. A doctrine retained in one state and abandoned in another shows up here as a year span that stalls.

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