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Supreme Court Opinion on Maritime Law Solidifies Insurer's Choice ...

The American Institute of Marine Underwriters said the Supreme Court's decision clarified the insurer's choice-of-law clause in a policy and ...

Supreme Court Declines to Expand Maritime Choice-of-Law ...

In Great Lakes Ins. SE v. Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, the Supreme Court held that choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are ...

“Raiders of the Lost Ark”: SCOTUS Sides with Great Lakes ...

SCOTUS reversed the appeals court ruling, disagreeing with Raiders, and held that “choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are ...

SCOTUS Clarifies Choice of Law in Admiralty Litigation

First, federal courts must disregard choice of law clauses in maritime contracts when the selected law contravenes a binding federal statute.

Page Proof Pending Publication - Supreme Court

Applying federal maritime law in this case, we conclude that choice- of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable, with ...

Justices Side With Insurers in Rare Fight Over Yacht Policy

The US Supreme Court ruled in favor of a ... “Choice-of-law provisions in maritime contracts are presumptively enforceable under federal ...

Choice-Of-Law Provisions In Marine Insurance Contracts Upheld By ...

In a much-anticipated decision, the United States Supreme Court held that choice-of-law provisions in marine insurance contracts are ...

Justices favor reliable enforcement of choice-of-law clauses in ...

Fireman's Insurance Co., a maritime insurance case in which the Supreme Court held that in the absence of any controlling precedent or statute ...

U.S. Supreme Court Decision May Nullify Choice-of-Law Provisions ...

The Court will decide whether, under federal admiralty law, a choice-of-law provision in a maritime insurance policy can be rendered ...

Choice of Law in Marine Insurance - What's SCOTUS Going to Do?

Great Lakes moved for a judgment on the pleadings that these Pennsylvania law-based claims were precluded under the policy, pointing the ...

U.S. Supreme Court Reaffirms that Forum-Selection Clauses Are ...

The Court also held that the contractual choice of forum should be enforced except in rare cases, and the plaintiff who filed in a different court has the ...

Pivotal Ruling Ahead: SCOTUS To Examine Choice of Law Clauses ...

Basically, the case revolves around whether the “strong public policy” of a state can override the validity of a choice-of-law provision in a maritime insurance ...

Brief for Respondent - In the Supreme Court of the United States

Under. Wilburn Boat, therefore, the rule for whether a choice-of-law provision in a maritime insurance contract is enforced is drawn from state ...

U.S. Supreme Court to Decide Whether State's Public Policy Interest ...

Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC, on appeal from the Third Circuit. The key issue: whether a choice-of-law provision in a marine insurance policy ...

UMass Law: U.S. Supreme Court hears maritime insurance case ...

"We argued that, in our case, there was an entrenched federal rule of admiralty law, that choice of law clauses, much like forum selection ...

Choice-of-Law Clauses in Marine Insurance Policies

Raiders Retreat Realty Co., LLC. The question before the Court is whether, under federal admiralty law, a choice-of-law clause in a marine ...

Chaos v. Predictability: The Enforceability of Choice of Law Provisions

On March 6, 2023, the United States Supreme Court granted certiorari to decide whether, “[u]nder federal admiralty law, can a choice of law clause in a maritime ...

ArtIII.S2.C1.12.1 Overview of Admiralty and Maritime Jurisdiction

Under federal law, the district courts have jurisdiction over cases involving the seizure and forfeiture of a vessel for violating federal law. Id. §§ 1333(1), ...

U.S. Supreme Court Cites Conflict of Laws 2d in Resolving Circuit Split

Kavanaugh, the U.S. Supreme Court reversed, holding, among other things, that it would not recognize the choice-of-law approach set forth in ...

US Supreme Court's decision in Loper Bright a sea change ... - Gard

The Chevron doctrine left in the wake · The rising tide of implications of the “Loper Bright” decision on the maritime sector · The Jones Act ...