Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Am. Commercial Lines, LLC v. United States

135 S. Ct. 956

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
2015-01-12
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • indicating that the Fifth Circuit only applies this requirement where judicial estoppel is based on non-disclosure of a claim in a prior bankruptcy proceeding
  • finding positions inconsistent where a vessel owner argued that its charters were valid in an admiralty limitations proceeding but that those same charters were void in a later declaratory judgment action

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Petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit denied.