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SARATOGA FISHING CO. v. J. M. MARTINAC & CO.

No. 95-1764.

520 U.S. 875 (1997)

117 S.Ct. 1783

138 L.Ed.2d 76

SARATOGA FISHING CO. v. J. M. MARTINAC & CO. ET AL.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided June 2, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Keith Zakarin argued the cause for petitioner. With him on the briefs was Forrest Booth.

Daniel B. MacLeod argued the cause for respondents. With him on the brief was Duncan Koler.*

Breyer, J., delivered the opinion of the Court, in which Rehnquist, C. J., and Stevens, Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg, JJ., joined. O'Connor, J., filed a dissenting opinion, p. 885. Scalia, J., filed a dissenting opinion, in which Thomas, J., joined, p. 885.

Justice Breyer, delivered the opinion of the Court.

The issue before us concerns limits upon the damages that a tort plaintiff in admiralty can recover for physical damage to property caused by a defective product. In East River S. S. Corp. v. Transamerica Delaval Inc., 476 U.S. 858 (1986), the Court held that an admiralty tort plaintiff cannot recover for the physical...

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