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89 Tul. L. Rev. 1281 (2014-2015)

handle is hein.journals/tulr89 and id is 1359 raw text is: COMMENT Forgetting the Wards of the Admiralty: How Rule 9(h) Elections Can Set Seamen Adrift in the Courts Meghan E. Marchetti* I. INTRODUCTION ........................................................................... 1281 II. ADMIRALTY JURISDICTION ........................................................ 1284 II. RULE 9(h) AND ADJUDICATING HYBRID CASES ........................ 1285 IV CIRCUIT SPLIT: SHOULDA PLAINTIFF'S RULE 9(h) ELECTION CONTROL AN ENTIRE PROCEEDING? ........................ 1287 A. Majori)y View: A Plaintitff Rule 9(h) Election Controls the Entire Proceeding ........................................ 1288 B. Minonity View. A Defendant with a Compulsory Counterclaim and Independent Grounds for Federal Jurisdiction Should Not Be Denied His Constitutional Right to a Jury Trial ................................. 1292 V TENSION BETWEEN THE MAJORITY AND MINORITY VIEWS AND THE ADMIRALTY POLICY GOAL OF PROTECTING SEA M EN ...................................................................................... 1298 A. The Wards of theAdmirat ............................................ 1299 B. Encouraging Races to the Courthouse ............................ 1300 C Downfall of the Majority View ....................................... 1301 D. Downfall of the Minorty View ....................................... 1303 VI. PROPOSED TOTALITY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES APPROACH ....... 1304 V II. C ONCLUSION .............................................................................. 1305 I. INTRODUCTION Many attorneys, and the vast majority of lay people, have no clear conception of maritime law. One of the notable idiosyncrasies of maritime law is the absence of a right to a jury trial in an admiralty * © 2015 Meghan E. Marchetti. J.D. candidate 2015, Tulane University Law School; B.A. 2011, Harvard University. Thanks to Professor Martin J. Davies for his advice and comments in developing this topic. A very special thank you to the members and staff of Volume 89 of the TulaneLawReview, to whom I will be forever grateful. Most importantly, many thanks to my family for never (verbally) doubting me in any of my endeavors. 1281

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