GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO.

v.

COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO LLOYD BRASILEIRO; AND COMPANHIA DE NAVEGACAO LLOYD BRASILEIRO V. GREAT AMERICAN INSURANCE CO. ET AL.

Citator

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  …ance those factors. Restatement (Second) of Conflict of Laws § 84, Comment b (1971). Even before Gilbert, the existence of this discretion, particularly in admiralty law, was well established. E. g., The Mandu, 114 F. 2d 361 (2 Cir.), cert. denied, 311 U.S. 715 (1940); Comment, Admiralty Suits Involving Foreigners, 31 Tex.L.Rev. 889, 889 n.5 (1953). And, as indicated above, it is a doctrine of continuing current force which we have reaffirmed repeatedly. Farmanfarmaian v. Gulf Oil Corp., supra; Schertenlei…
• Lady Nelson, Ltd. v. Creole Petroleum Corp. & The Barge 75-8, 286 F.2d 684 (2d Cir. 1961)
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