Mercedel W. Miles, Individually and as Administratrix of the Succession of Ludwick Adam Torregano v. Apex Marine Corporation et al.

Decided November 6, 1990. Sandra Day O'Connor delivered the opinion of the Court.

Docket 89-1158 · 498 U.S. 19 (1990) · Cited 779 times

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How the Justices voted

Decided 8–0.

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Precedents cited

Supreme Court decisions this opinion relies on, ordered by how often it cites each. Cases in our collection link through; others are named.

• Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc. · 398 U.S. 375 (1970)
• Gillespie v. United States Steel Corp. · 379 U.S. 148 (1964)
• Mobil Oil Corp. v. Higginbotham · 436 U.S. 618 (1978)
• Lindgren v. United States · 281 U.S. 38 (1930)
• Seas Shipping Co. v. Sieracki · 328 U.S. 85 (1946)
• Michigan Central Railroad v. Vreeland · 227 U.S. 59 (1913)
• Mahnich v. Southern Steamship Co. · 321 U.S. 96 (1944)
• Kernan v. American Dredging Co. · 355 U.S. 426 (1958)
• Cannon v. University of Chicago · 441 U.S. 677 (1979)
• Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co. · 358 U.S. 354 (1959)
• The Osceola · 189 U.S. 158 (1903)
• Kossick v. United Fruit Co. · 365 U.S. 731 (1961)
• Offshore Logistics, Inc. v. Tallentire · 477 U.S. 207 (1986)
• The Lottawanna · 88 U.S. 558 (1875)
• Cortes v. Baltimore Insular Line, Inc. · 287 U.S. 367 (1932)
• Just v. Chambers · 312 U.S. 383 (1941)
• Pacific Steamship Co. v. Peterson · 278 U.S. 130 (1928)
• American Export Lines, Inc. v. Alvez · 446 U.S. 274 (1980)
• Van Beeck v. Sabine Towing Co. · 300 U.S. 342 (1937)

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• Dutra Group v. Batterton · 588 U.S. 358 (2019)
• Atlantic Sounding Co. v. Townsend · 557 U.S. 404 (2009)
• Yamaha Motor Corp., USA v. Calhoun · 516 U.S. 199 (1996)
• Air & Liquid Systems Corp. v. DeVries · 586 U.S. 446 (2019)
• McFarland v. Scott · 512 U.S. 849 (1994)
• McDermott International, Inc. v. Wilander · 498 U.S. 337 (1991)
• Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs v. Greenwich Collieries · 512 U.S. 267 (1994)
• McDermott, Inc. v. AmClyde · 511 U.S. 202 (1994)
• Zicherman Ex Rel. Estate of Kole v. Korean Air Lines Co. · 516 U.S. 217 (1996)
• South Dakota v. Yankton Sioux Tribe · 522 U.S. 329 (1998)
• Hall v. United States · 566 U.S. 506 (2012)
• Pulsifer v. United States · 601 U.S. 124 (2024)
• Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC · 584 U.S. 241 (2018)

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