The first, third, fifth and seventh causes of action are brought pursuant to the provisions of title 46 of the United States Code (§ 761 et seq. The Federal Death on the High Seas Act). Defendant moves for dismissal of those causes upon the ground that jurisdiction is exclusively in admiralty in the Federal courts. The State of New York had long entertained jurisdiction over maritime torts before the adoption of The Federal...
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