Case Name: STANLEY T. SCOTT & CO., INC., a Washington corporation, Appellee, v. MAKAH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION et al., Appellants
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1974-04-08
Citations: 496 F.2d 525
Docket Number: No. 71-2983
Parties: STANLEY T. SCOTT & CO., INC., a Washington corporation, Appellee, v. MAKAH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Reporter 2d Series
Volume: 496
Pages: 525–526

Head Matter:
STANLEY T. SCOTT & CO., INC., a Washington corporation, Appellee, v. MAKAH DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION et al., Appellants.
No. 71-2983.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
April 8, 1974.
Robert L. Pirtle, of Ziontz, Pirtle & Morisset, Seattle, Wash., for appellant.
Charles E. Watts, Seattle, Wash., for appellee.
Before DUNIWAY, HUFSTEDLER and WALLACE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
OPINION
HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
Appellee Stanley T. Scott & Co., Inc. ("Scott"), a marine insurance broker, at appellants' request obtained underwriters who subscribed Marine Hull and Protection and Indemnity insurance for appellants' fishing fleet; Scott placed an oral binder for the required coverage and advanced the necessary premiums. The policy thereupon issued, and appellants failed to reimburse Scott for the premiums. The issue on appeal is whether Scott's claim to recover its advanced premiums is within admiralty jurisdiction conferred by 28 U.S.C. § 1333.
Scott's implied-in-law contractual right to reimbursement for the premiums is integrally related to the marine insurance policy that emerged from appellants' bargain with Scott. (Cf. Gilmore and Black, The Law of Admiralty § 2-3, at 52 (1957).) A marine insurance policy is a "maritime contract." (Insurance Co. v. Dunham (1870) 78 U. S. (11 Wall.) 1, 20 L.Ed. 90). Scott's claim "arises out of a maritime contract," and it is thus within admiralty jurisdiction. (Archawski v. Hanioti (1956) 350 U.S. 532, 76 S.Ct. 617, 100 L.Ed. 676; cf. Grow v. Loraine K (6th Cir. 1962) 310 F.2d 547.)
Affirmed.