Quote Originally Posted by xman View Post
common law counterclaim in admiralty - this to me is very confusing. So how can we do a common law counter claim against a statutory complaint in Admiralty and once we move to Admiralty how then do we come back to common law?

this is really very hard to understand.
The Libel of Review is a fluff history lesson wrapped around the first Refusal for Cause. It sets a new suitor up as a court of record. I have seen docket reports with over fifty Refusals for Cause spanning over ten years some times.



P.S. And thanks for bumping this thread. Those links are long dead. I have refreshed them with attachments.