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Recent Developments in Admiralty and Maritime Law
Contains material from Oct 2018
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Session 2: Judicial Perspective: Doiron and Maritime Contracts - The author of the unanimous en banc decision of the Fifth Circuit in In re Larry Doiron, Inc. discusses the difficulty with the previous test for determining whether a contract is a maritime contract, the confusion and conflict in the application of the test to contracts involving drilling and production of oil and gas on navigable waters, and the development of a simpler and more straightforward method to determine whether oilfield contracts are maritime.
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David W. Robertson, Michael F. Sturley, Matthew H. Ammerman
Session 1
—89 mins
Recent Developments in Admiralty and Maritime Law at the National Level and in the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits (Oct 2018)
The eighteenth annual installment of the seminal paper surveys developments, identifies issues of genuine national importance, and discusses items of significant interest from the Fifth and Eleventh Circuits.
Originally presented: Sep 2018 Admiralty and Maritime Law Conference
David W. Robertson,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
Michael F. Sturley,
The University of Texas School of Law - Austin, TX
Matthew H. Ammerman,
Law Office of Matthew H. Ammerman, P.C. - Houston, TX
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Hon. W. Eugene Davis, Kenneth G. Engerrand
Session 2
—55 mins
Judicial Perspective: Doiron and Maritime Contracts (Oct 2018)
The author of the unanimous en banc decision of the Fifth Circuit in In re Larry Doiron, Inc. discusses the difficulty with the previous test for determining whether a contract is a maritime contract, the confusion and conflict in the application of the test to contracts involving drilling and production of oil and gas on navigable waters, and the development of a simpler and more straightforward method to determine whether oilfield contracts are maritime.
Originally presented: Sep 2018 Admiralty and Maritime Law Conference
Hon. W. Eugene Davis,
U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit - New Orleans, LA
Kenneth G. Engerrand,
Brown Sims, P.C. - Houston, TX