Laws: Cases and Codes : U.S. Code : Title 9 : Section 1


   
U.S. Code as of: 01/03/05
Section 1. "Maritime transactions" and "commerce" defined; exceptions to operation of title

      "Maritime transactions", as herein defined, means charter
    parties, bills of lading of water carriers, agreements relating to
    wharfage, supplies furnished vessels or repairs to vessels,
    collisions, or any other matters in foreign commerce which, if the
    subject of controversy, would be embraced within admiralty
    jurisdiction; "commerce", as herein defined, means commerce among
    the several States or with foreign nations, or in any Territory of
    the United States or in the District of Columbia, or between any
    such Territory and another, or between any such Territory and any
    State or foreign nation, or between the District of Columbia and
    any State or Territory or foreign nation, but nothing herein
    contained shall apply to contracts of employment of seamen,
    railroad employees, or any other class of workers engaged in
    foreign or interstate commerce.



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