Tag: Navigable Waters

• Maritime Casualty

  Fifth Circuit: Offshore Dispute Governed by Louisiana Law

  • May 2, 2016
  • By Allen & Gooch

  In Petrobras Am., Inc. v. Vicinay Cadenas, S.A., 815 F.3d 211 (5th Cir. 2016), the U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals recently analyzed whether maritime law or Louisiana law applied to an offshore dispute occurring on the outer continental shelf. The Petrobras case involved an underwater tether chain that broke after being installed in an […]

• Maritime Casualty

  Federal Admiralty Jurisdiction Applies to Navigable Waters

  • September 8, 2013
  • By Allen & Gooch

  Whether an accident occurs on “navigable waters” for federal admiralty jurisdiction depends on whether the body of water is subject to interstate commerce.