Unalakleet Admiralty & Maritime Lawyer, Alaska

... [56] 556 P.2d 1257 (Alaska 1976). [57] Id. at 1261. [58] This derives from the supremacy clause of the US Constitution. US CONST art. VI. [59] The US Constitution extends the federal judicial powers to "all cases of admiralty and maritime jurisdiction." US CONST. art. III, § 2. ...

... OPINION. BOLGER, Judge. John Falcone repeatedly presented pleadings and courtroom objections based on his persistent belief that the Uniform Commercial Code and admiralty jurisdiction would provide a defense to the charges he faced at his criminal trial. ...

... He identified ECM Maritime Services, a Connecticut company, as the response planning facilitator for the Esperanza, the vessel that had visited Alaska on a Greenpeace, Inc., campaign in 2003. ... However, an employee at ECM Maritime said he would contact SMS in Amsterdam. ...