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LOZMAN v. CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, FLA.

No. 11-626.

133 S.Ct. 735 (2013)

184 L.Ed.2d 604

Fane LOZMAN, Petitioner v. The CITY OF RIVIERA BEACH, FLORIDA.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided January 15, 2013.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jeffrey L. Fisher, for Petitioner.

Curtis E. Gannon, for the United States, as amicus curiae, by special leave of the Court, supporting the Petitioner.

David C. Frederick, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Pamala A. Ryan, City Attorney, City of Riviera Beach, Riviera Beach, FL, Robert B. Birthisel, Jules V. Massee, Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel, LLP, Tampa, FL, Erin Glenn Busby, Houston, TX, David C. Frederick, Counsel of Record, Joshua D. Branson, Kellogg, Huber, Hansen, Todd, Evans & Figel, P.L.L.C., Washington, DC, Michael F. Sturley, Lynn E. Blais, Austin, TX, for Respondent.

Edward M. Mullins, Annette C. Escobar, Astigarraga Davis Mullins & Grossman, LLP, Miami, FL, Robert Taylor Bowling, Cobb Cole, Daytona Beach, FL, Jeffrey L. Fisher, Counsel of Record, Stanford Law School, Supreme Court Litigation Clinic, Stanford, CA, Kerri L. Barsh, Greenberg Traurig, Miami, FL, for Petitioner.

Justice BREYER delivered the opinion of the Court.

The Rules of Construction Act defines a "vessel" as including "every description of watercraft or other artificial contrivance used, or capable of being used, as a means of transportation on water." 1 U.S.C. § 3. The question before us is whether petitioner's floating home (which is not self-propelled) falls within the terms of that definition.

In answering that question we focus primarily upon the phrase...

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