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NATASHA, INC. v. EVITA MARINE CHARTERS, INC.

No. 84-1881.

763 F.2d 468 (1985)

NATASHA, INC., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. EVITA MARINE CHARTERS, INC., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided May 30, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Gordon P. Cleary, Providence, R.I., with whom Kevin M. Brill and Vetter & White, Providence, R.I., were on brief, for defendant, appellant.

Constance Walker, Houston, Tex., with whom Edward J. Murphy and Clann & Pearson, Houston, Tex., were on brief, for plaintiff, appellee.

Before BREYER and TORRUELLA, Circuit Judges, and RE, Judge.

BREYER, Circuit Judge.

This appeal raises one easy legal question. Does an admiralty court, which normally has jurisdiction over contracts to charter a boat, not have jurisdiction when the charter contract forms part of a larger contract to sell the boat? The well established answer to this question is that admiralty does have jurisdiction if the charter portion of the sale contract is readily `separable' from the rest of the contract. See Eastern...

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