In this case, we review the determination of the Benefits Review Board ( BRB ) that the claimant, Juan Zepeda, was entitled to compensation benefits under the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act ( LHWCA or the Act ), from Petitioner New Orleans Depot Services, Inc. ( NOD...   MORE>>

The Village of Bald Head Island, a coastal town in North Carolina, commenced this action under the Administrative Procedure Act ("APA") and admiralty jurisdiction against the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to require it, through an order of specific performance and injunction, to honor commitments mad...   MORE>>

Petitioners Kenneth Paskar and Friends of LaGuardia Airport, Inc., seek review of a September 2, 2010, letter written by the Federal Aviation Administration pursuant to 49 U.S.C. 46110. The letter endorsed a series of recommendations made by a panel of experts regarding the impact of a proposed m...   MORE>>

In this appeal, we consider the circumstances under which a suicide may be compensable under the Longshore and Harbor Workers Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C. 901 950. We hold that evidence that a claimant planned his suicide does not necessarily preclude compensation under the Act because the ...   MORE>>

A massive drug interdiction on the high seas by the United States Coast Guard ("the Coast Guard") ended with the arrest and indictment of multiple defendants, including Appellant Francisco Nueci-Pe a ("Nueci"). Nueci was sentenced to twenty-four years in prison after being convicted of possession w...   MORE>>

Wallace Boudreaux sued Transocean Deepwater, Inc. to recover maintenance and cure for a back injury allegedly sustained on the job. Transocean successfully established a defense to liability under McCorpen v. Central Gulf Steamship Corp. and counterclaimed to recover benefits it had already paid to ...   MORE>>

In order to avoid a state probation violation hearing, Larry Deffenbaugh designed a plan to fake his death with the assistance of his girlfriend. Under the scheme, Deffenbaugh would rent a boat to go fishing with his unsuspecting brother and, while his brother was preoccupied with driving the boat, ...   MORE>>

Under Georgia s Hospital Authorities Law (Law), political subdivisions may create special-purpose public entities called hospital authorities to provide for the operation and maintenance of needed health care facilities in the several counties and municipalities of th[e] state. The Law permits aut...   MORE>>

These cases present a question that is almost as old as the doctrine of admiralty jurisdiction itself. As Justice Daniel posed it in 1857, [T]he inquiry is naturally suggested, what are navigable waters? Jackson v. The Steamboat Magnolia, 61 U.S. (20 How.) 296, 320 (1857) (Daniel, J., dissenting)....   MORE>>

Vitol, S.A. ("Vitol") brought the underlying action in the district court against Spartacus Navigation Corp. ("Spartacus") and Primerose Shipping Company ("Primerose") (collectively "S&P") seeking to "pierce the corporate veil" and enforce a judgment against S&P it had previously obtained against Ca...   MORE>>