American Maritime Cases. Baltimore, MD, 1923-<present>
<KF1103.A6>

Contains United States federal and state cases and important arbitration decisions, plus selected Canadian, British, and European court cases. Accompanied by series of digests (compiled every five years, the most recent set cumulating through 1997). The digest headings (see below) are more closely tailored to admiralty and maritime legal theory than the West Digest headings.

AMC digest headings: Accord and Satisfaction.— Affreightment.— Agents and Brokers.— Aids and Obstructions.— Aircraft.— Arbitration.— Articles and Wages.— Bailment.— Bankruptcy.— Bargee.— Bills of Lading.— Bond.— Borrowed Servant.— Bunkers.— Canals.— Cargo and Commodities.— Charter.— Collision.— Constitution.— Contracts.— Corporations.— Courts.— Crimes.— Custom.— Damages.— Death.— Defamation.— Demurrage.— Deviation.— Dredges.— Drydocks.— Equity.— Estoppel.— Evidence.— Explosion.— Fire.— Fisheries.— Fraud.— General Average.— Harbor Master.— Illness.— Immigration.— Indemnity and Contribution.— International Law.— Joint Venture.— Jurisdiction.— Labor.— Laches and Limitations.— Lighterage.— Limitation of Shipowner’s Liability.— Longshore Act.— Marine Insurance.— Maritime Liens.— Master and Officers.— Mortgages of Vessels.— Navigable Waters.— Navigation and Customs Laws.— Negligence.— Non Vessel Operating Common Carriers.— Nuisance.— Passengers.— Personal Injury.— Pilots.— Practice.— Products Liability.— Regulation.— Removal of Causes.— Repairmen.— Sale of Goods.— Sale of Vessel.— Salvage.— Seamen.— Shipbuilding.— Statutes.— Stevedores.— Storms and Disasters.— Suits in Admiralty Act and Public Vessels Act.— Supplymen.— Surveyors.— Taxation.— Terminal.— Title to Vessels.— Torts.— Towing.— Treaties and Conventions.— Uniform Commercial Code.— United States.— Vessels.— War.— Wharves, Terminals and Marinas.— Witness.— Workers’ Compensation.— Wreck.— Yachts and Pleasure Boating.

Contains BRB opinions and decisions; court opinions; administrative law judge decisions and orders; digest; and tables. Current volumes contain statutes, rules and regulations, and the "Longshore Desk Book."

Loose-leaf compilation of cases.

Covers decisions of the Federal Maritime Commission and its predecessor bodies, the Federal Maritime Board and the Maritime Administration of the U.S. Department of Commerce. The series lags very far behind in publication; the most recent volume, printed in 2000, covers decisions only through 1987.

Principal source of Canadian admiralty and maritime law decisions, federal and provincial.  Currently in the fourth series.

A primary source of British cases, plus selected Commonwealth and United States materials. Title varies slightly.

I. Court Case Digest (1983-1997) <KF1101.3.M37>
II. Arbitration Award Digest (1983-1995) <KF1101.3.M38>
III. US Maritime Law Newsletter (1997-<present>) <KF1101.3.M39>

Newsletter style reporter focusing principally on American cases. Series has grown more restricted in coverage in recent years.

Includes three series: I. Reported cases (28 vols.) from 1961 to the present. II. Current service materials (4 vols.) covering maritime legislation, legislative history, maritime regulation, policy statements and interpretations, other statutes and regulatory materials. III. Digest (3 vols.) to the reported cases.

CONTENTS:  Jurisdiction and choice of law -- Arrest and security -- Associated ship -- Maritime claims -- Evidence and procedure -- Index -- Table of cases -- Table of sections -- Admiralty Jurisdiction Regulation Act -- Admiralty Proceedings Rules.

Associated online research tool is available.  Go to the record for this work on the Law Library online catalog to access the link.

Consult the Descriptive Word Index of each set under the following general terms: Admiralty—Admiralty Commissioners—Attachment—Collision of Vessels—Death—Jurisdiction—Marine Insurance—Maritime Law—Maritime Liens—Maritime Torts—Pilots—Piracy—Salvage—Ships and Shipping—Towage

The following digest headings may be accessed directly: Admiralty—Insurance—Maritime Liens—Navigable Waters—Pilots—Salvage—Seamen—Shipping—Towage.