Hill v. Board of Chosen Freeholders’s Empirical Analysis
45 F. 260 · 1891
Citation profile
3
cited by 3 later decisions
September 1895
most recently cited
3 district ·
Relationships
Relies on Atlee v. Packet Co. · The Philadelphia Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Company v. The Philadelphia and Havre De Grace Steam Towboat Company · The Rock Island Bridge
Most-quoted passages
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““As locality, then, is the test of admiralty jurisdiction over torts, the critical question is, was the tort complained of committed on land or on navigable waters? Tho answer, whatever it may be, is decisive and final. Clearly, in this case, it appears that the wrongful act was committed upon navigable waters, and hence within the jurisdiction of this court.””
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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