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ALBERTS v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD.

No. 15-14775.

834 F.3d 1202 (2016)

Robert M. ALBERTS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD., a Liberian Corporation, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Date Filed: August 23, 2016.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Philip D. Parrish , Philip D. Parrish, PA, South Miami, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

James Norford Hurley , Christopher Edson Knight , Christine Margaret Walker , Fowler White Burnett, PA, Paul Joseph Hehir , Leah Harkiewicz Martinez , Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before WILLIAM PRYOR and JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judges, and VOORHEES, District Judge.

This appeal presents an issue of first impression: whether a seaman's work in international waters on a cruise ship that calls on foreign ports constitutes "performance... abroad" under the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 9 U.S.C. § 202. Robert Alberts worked...

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