Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

Am. Commercial Lines, LLC v. United States

Am. Commercial Lines, LLC v. United States, 135 S. Ct. 956 (2015)

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.