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Supreme confusion?

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

In a 7-2 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court sided with a homeowner who said his floating home was not a vessel and therefore not subject to arrest under maritime law. ( Lozman v. City of Riviera Beach, Fla. No. 11-625. Jan. 15.) The majority opinion authored by Justice Stephen Breyer concluded a structure does not qualify as a vessel “unless a reasonable observer, looking to the (structure’s) physical characteristics and activities, would consider it designed to a practical degree fo...

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