The most bigoted idolizers of State authority have not thus far shown a disposition to deny the national judiciary the cognizances of
maritime causes.
94) Although the Court held that a general maritime cause of action for
overlap with a general maritime cause of action with a preexisting
The executive also established the Direccion General de Reivindicacion Maritima, an agency charged with preparations for future legal actions in Bolivia's
maritime cause.
The following questions were certified to the Third Circuit: "whether, pursuant to [a federal]
maritime cause of action, plaintiffs may seek to recover (1) damages for the loss of the society of their deceased minor child, (2) damages for the loss of their child's future earnings, and (3) punitive damages.
at 30 ("[W]e today make explicit that there is a general
maritime cause of action for the wrongful death of a seaman, adopting the reasoning of the unanimous and carefully crafted opinion in Moragne.
Due to the recent development of the general
maritime cause of action for wrongful death, it is considered separately.
that damages recoverable in general
maritime causes of action for
The most bigoted idolizers of State authority have not thus far shown a disposition to deny the national judiciary the cognizance of
maritime causes.
Green groups like the San Diego Environmental Health Coalition are also taking on
maritime causes, as they have been addressing problems related to the porting of Navy nuclear aircraft carriers.
courts "competent" to adjudicate
maritime causes of
177) Justice Brennan, joined by Chief Justice Warren and Justices Black and Douglas, was persuaded by the fact that the
maritime causes of action asserted by the plaintiff were "created by federal law.
