DELTA COUNTRY VENTURES, INC. v. MAGANA

No. 91-15572.

986 F.2d 1260 (1993)

DELTA COUNTRY VENTURES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Don MAGANA, a minor, California State Board of Control, California State Reclamation District 551, John Guerry, William Guerry, Sacramento County Sheriff's Department, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided February 5, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Carl J. Calnero, Porter, Scott, Weiberg & Delehant, Sacramento, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.

Jay W. Jacobs, Dryden, Margoles, Schimaneck, Hartman, Kelly & Jacobs, San Francisco, CA, Stanley K. Jacobs, Los Angeles, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Before FERGUSON, REINHARDT, and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.


FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

Delta Country Ventures, Inc. ("Delta") appeals the district court's order dismissing its complaint in admiralty for lack of subject matter jurisdiction. We affirm.

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This case arises from an accident which occurred on September 3, 1989, when defendant-appellee Don Magana dove from the deck of Delta's houseboat and struck something under water, sustaining serious injuries. Delta had leased the houseboat to John Guerry for...

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