- In re Cargo of the SS Islander
MARITIME LAWUnited States District Court, District of Alaska (2022)Sarah BrooksIn In re Cargo of the SS Islander, 22 WL 2757372 (D. Alaska 2022), the court held that a thirdparty may intervene in civil cases to access documents when there is a nexus between the case inwhich the third party seeks to intervene and a case ...
- Maritech Marine Services, LLC v. Bay Welding Services, Inc.
MARITIME LAWUnited States District Court, District of AlaskaRobert BulkaIn Maritech Marine Services, LLC v. Bay Welding Services, Inc., 593 F. Supp. 3d 902 (D. Alaska2022), the court held that genuine issues of material fact as to the scope of a maritime contractbetween a vessel owner and a custom boat manufacturer precluded summary judgment. (Id. at909). ...
- Martz v. Horazdovsky
MARITIME LAWUnited States Court of Appeals, Ninth CircuitAnighya CrockerIn Martz v. Horazdovsky, 33 F.4th 1157 (9th Cir. 2022), the court held that a federal maritimestatute of limitations constitutes a question on the merits and that a written notice of claimsufficient to start the running of the limitations period contains three elements: the notice must (1)be ...
- State v. North Pacific Fishing, Inc.
MARITIME LAW
Maddie Ayer
In State v. North Pacific Fishing, Inc., 485 P.3d 1040 (Alaska 2021), the supreme court held that a fishery resource landing tax imposed on two commercial fishing companies did not violate the Import-Export and Tonnage Clauses of the United States Constitution or 33 U.S.C. § 5(b). (Id. at 1045). The fishing companies did ...
- Chaney v. State
ADMIRALTY LAW
Kristen M. Renberg, PhD
Chaney v. State
In Chaney v. States, 478 P.3d 222, (Alaska Ct. App. 2020), the court of appeals held that a defendant was properly convicted of fishing with an overlength commercial salmon seine vessel and the regulation for measuring the length of vessels adopted by the State’s Board of Fisheries, while inconsistent ...
