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PERALTA SHIPPING CORP. v. SMITH & JOHNSON (SHIPPING)

No. 951, Docket 83-7922.

739 F.2d 798 (1984)

PERALTA SHIPPING CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SMITH & JOHNSON (SHIPPING) CORP., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 11, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael G. Chalos, New York City (Peter Skoufalos, Halley & Chalos, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Thomas D. Toy, New York City (Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg, O'Brien & Mulroy, New York City, on the brief), for defendant-appellee.

Before LUMBARD, NEWMAN and PRATT, Circuit Judges.

JON O. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

Navigating the jurisdictional channels of the federal courts' admiralty jurisdiction sometimes presents a choice between observance of ancient landmarks and heeding the siren call of the commentators to venture out into uncharted waters. The choice is put to us squarely by this appeal in which we are asked to abandon the long-standing rule that suits upon general agency contracts are not within the jurisdiction

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