HAVANA DOCKS CORP. v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES

No. 23-10151, No. 23-10171.

119 F.4th 1276 (2024)

HAVANA DOCKS CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. ROYAL CARIBBEAN CRUISES, LTD., Defendant-Appellant. Havana Docks Corporation, Plaintiff-Appellee Cross Appellant, v. Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd., Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd., Carnival Corporation, a foreign corporation doing business as Carnival Cruise Lines, MSC Cruises S.A. Co., MSC Cruises (USA), Inc., et al., Defendants-Appellants Cross Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Filed: October 22, 2024.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Christopher Landau, Ellis George, LLP, Washington, DC, Stephanie Anne Casey, Aziza F. Elayan-Martinez, Thomas Allen Kroeger, Zachary Andrew Lipshultz, Roberto Martinez, Colson Hicks Eidson, Coral Gables, FL, Rodney S. Margol, Margol & Margol, Jacksonville Beach, FL, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Paul D. Clement, Matthew Rowen, Alexandria, VA, Sanford L. Bohrer, Scott Daniel Ponce, Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, Caitlin Saladrigas, Holland & Knight, LLP, West Palm Beach, FL, for Defendant-Appellant Royal Caribbean Cruises, Ltd.

Evan Mark Tager, Carmen Longoria-Green, Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America.

Bradley J. Bondi, Paul Hastings, LLP, Washington, DC, for Amici Curiae U.S. Travel Association, United States Tour Operators Association, Inc., American Society of Travel Advisors, Inc.

Derek L. Shaffer, William Anthony Burck, Jonathan Gordon Cooper, Zachary P. Lutz, Christopher Michel, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Washington, DC, Nicholas John Caluda, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Houston, TX, Alvin Francis Lindsay, III, Richard C. Lorenzo, Allen P. Pegg, Hogan Lovells US, LLP, Miami, FL, Kathleen M. Sullivan, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings, Ltd.

Kannon K. Shanmugam, Abigail Frisch Vice, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison, LLP, Washington, DC, George J. Fowler, III, Jones Walker, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Pedro A. Freyre, Akerman, LLP, Miami, FL, Corey Patrick Gray, Pascual Oliu, Meredith Lys Schultz, AT, Stuart H. Singer, Boies Schiller & Flexner, LLP, Fort Lauderdale, FL, Luis Emilio Llamas, Jones Walker, LLP, Miami, FL, Scott Daniel Ponce, Holland & Knight, LLP, Miami, FL, for Defendant-Appellant-Cross Appellee Carnival Corporation.

E. Joshua Rosenkranz, Katherine Munyan, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, New York, NY, Andrew T. Hernacki, Justin B. Nemeroff, Venable, LLP, Washington, DC, Robert Loeb, Robbie Manhas, Jonas Wang, Orrick Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross Appellees MSC Cruises (USA), INC., MSC Cruises, S.A.

Bradley J. Bondi, Paul Hastings, LLP, Washington, DC, Marcos Daniel Jimenez, Leon Cosgrove Jimenez, LLP, Miami, FL, for Amicus Curiae Daniel W. Fisk.

Shay Dvoretzky, Steven Marcus, Parker Andrew Rider-Longinaid, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom, LLP, Washington, DC.

Robert Nolan Stander, Jones Day, Washington, DC, for Peter Kucik.

Before William Pryor, Chief Judge, and Jordan and Brasher, Circuit Judges.


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