Camacho v. Bunyan

How later courts describe this case

• recognizing judicial privilege because “[¡judges, like Presidents, depend upon open and candid discourse with their colleagues and staff to promote the effective discharge of their duties.”
• Under Admiralty Extension Act, admiralty jurisdiction extends to claims for shoreside damages resulting from chemical spill caused by collision of ships on navigable waterway.
• “a tender offer and subsequent merger are distinct acts with separate concerns toward which the securities laws and SEC rules are directed in their regulatory schemes,” and it is “entirely appropriate to consider each step in such a transaction separately.”
• principle recognized in context of maritime tort law
• aff'g 79 T.C. 1054 (1982)