twostrokenut
Well-Known Member
How is it not the same thing? "Eliminated" and "blended" mean exactly the same thing--it's one court now. That's why there's no distinction.
A federal district court is a court of law and equity; by the statute, it is the court with original jurisdiction over maritime claims, saving to suitors the right to seek common law remedies in state courts. If you have a maritime claim, you can bring it in either federal or state court. This has absolutely nothing to do with remedy in 12 USC 411.
There are still a few states that distinguish between law and equity in state law/state courts. The rest have eliminated the distinction, just as the federal courts have.
I made a strawberry banana smoothie by blending both fruits, not by eliminating either....the smoothie sill has banana and strawberry and the qualities of each