Today, the Supreme Court of the United States granted certiorari in Pacific Operators Offshore v. Valladolid, which is an Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (“OCSLA”) decision from the Ninth Circuit. The Valladolid decision has garnered criticism (including from this blog) for its expansion of the OCSLA’s jurisdiction, as well as its creation of a third test for determining OSCLA jurisdiction. It will be interesting to see how the Supreme Court resolves this three-way Circuit split, and whether it reverses the Ninth Circuit.
(Note: I originally published this post on Navigable Waters: A Maritime, Longshore and Defense Base Act Blog.)