maritime and local
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From 365 U.S. 731 - Kossick v. United Fruit Co. · 1961Most cited · 1,438 citing opinions
A maritime contract is 'maritime and local,' in the sense that the application of state law would not disturb the uniformity of maritime law, where the federal maritime interest is slight or marginal and the local interest pressing and significant; in such cases state rather than federal maritime law may govern the contract's validity.