June 14, 2001 | Law.com
Bankruptcy Appellate Panels: Persuasive or Binding Authority?The doctrine of stare decisis has been an increasingly difficult principal to apply in the bankruptcy system. The dilemma was recently highlighted by a bankruptcy judge who refused to treat the decision of a Bankruptcy Appellate Panel as binding precedent. The judge's opinion puts into question the continued viability of the Bankruptcy Appellate Panels implemented in various circuits across the nation.
By Anthony Michael Sabino and Lawrence A. Wander
9 minute read
April 14, 2010 | New York Law Journal
Barge to Brooklyn Leads to Federal Maritime Liability, Preempts State LawAnthony Michael Sabino, a partner at Sabino & Sabino and a professor of law at Tobin Business College, St. John's University, reviews a decision in which the Court of Appeals held that a power-generating barge moored in the Gowanus Canal constituted a "vessel," thus permitting a maintenance worker injured aboard the barge to bring an action for compensation under federal maritime law.
By Anthony Michael Sabino
11 minute read
July 26, 2004 | New York Law Journal
Airline Liability for International Passenger InjuriesAnthony Michael Sabino and Mary Jane C. Sabino, law professors at the Tobin College of Business at St. John's University and partners at Sabino & Sabino, write that on the issues of liability and damages during international air travel, there are some new and exciting developments, but as to what is an "accident," much relies on old precedents.
By Anthony Michael Sabino and Mary Jane C. Sabino
10 minute read
July 25, 2008 | New York Law Journal
Preemption Doctrine Voids N.Y. Air-Passenger Rights BillAnthony Michael Sabino, a law professor at the Tobin College of Business at St. John's University and a partner at Sabino & Sabino, writes that a recent decision teaches important lessons in the limitations placed upon local lawmakers when the federal government has occupied a field with pre-existing law and is worthy of analysis.
By Anthony Michael Sabino
13 minute read
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