Topic: absent a clear conflict with the federal maritime law, · Go Syfert
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5 canonical passages across 4 cases, quoted by 15 opinions in total. These passages cluster together because the same opinions keep quoting them side by side — they state parts of one doctrine. The anchor passage is from Askew v. American Waterways Operators, Inc..

#Case FlagCanonical passage Citers
1 Askew v. American Waterways Operators, Inc. Anchor
scotus · 1973
green “absent a clear conflict with the federal maritime law,” 3
2 Earl E. Robinson v. Pocahontas, Inc.
ca1 · 1973
green “the duty to provide maintenance and cure is in no real sense contractual, and a suit for failure to provide maintenance or cure can hardly be equated, therefore, with an action for breach of contract,” 3
3 Joseph D'amato v. Wisconsin Gas Company
ca7 · 1985
green “that the two responsible agencies were not to work at cross purposes or to duplicate each other's efforts” 3
4 Thomas Carey v. Bahama Cruise Lines
ca1 · 1988
green “a delicate accommodation of federal and state interests,” 3
5 Thomas Carey v. Bahama Cruise Lines
ca1 · 1988
green “one of the essential and longstanding features of substantive admiralty law is that contributory negligence can be considered only in mitigation of damages.” 3

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