Note:
William Farris, 1972 Amendments to Longshoremen’s Act Leave Admiralty Tort Jurisdiction Unaltered, 55 TEXAS L. REV. 1087 (1977).
 

Abstract:
In Parker v. South Louisiana Contractors, Inc., the Fifth Circuit held that the 1972 amendments to the Longshoremen’s Act leave admiralty tort jurisdiction unaltered. Since the vessel involved in this case is situated no differently than any other party participating in commerce within a state, there is no independent reason why such claims should be governed by the uniform rules of maritime law. Farris argues that application of the maritime nexus test, although flawed in its generality, would provide a single criterion for admiralty tort jurisdiction.