CROSSON v. VANCE

No. 73-1222.

484 F.2d 840 (1973)

Ernest Wilmer CROSSON, III, and Marie Louise Crosson, his wife, Appellees, v. Maxwell VANCE, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. O'Connor, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (O'Connor & Preston, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellant.

L. Robert Evans, Towson, Md. (Walter Litvinuck, Chester, Md., on brief), for appellees.

Before HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge, and RUSSELL and FIELD, Circuit Judges.


HAYNSWORTH, Chief Judge:

After denial of a motion to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction, we allowed an interlocutory appeal to consider whether an action for personal injuries brought by a water skier against the operator of a towing motor boat was within the admiralty jurisdiction. After consideration, we find no substantial federal interest in this kind of controversy and little connection with the traditional concerns of admiralty. Since the Supreme Court has recently...

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