Note by Nicolette S. Kraska
In this Note, Nicolette S. Kraska examines In re Crescent Energy Services, L.L.C., 896 F.3d 350, 352-53, 2018 AMC 2087, 2090 (5th Cir. 2018), in which the Fifth Circuit applied its new test to determine whether a contract is governed by general maritime law. Streamlining its decades-old test, the court engaged in a two-part inquiry that advances contract over tort principles and assesses the nature and character of a contract
About the Author
Nicolette S. Kraska: J.D. candidate 2020, Tulane University Law School; B.A. 2013, Emory University.
Citation
93 Tul. L. Rev. 1021 (2019)