A putative class action of mariners took a “gamble” they would be entitled to more extensive rest and recuperation under American maritime law if they sued Carnival Corporation & PLC, a dual-listed company composed of a Panamanian corporation headquartered in Miami and a British corporation headquartered in Southampton, England, a federal appeals court said.

But they lost the bet when the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit ruled that that there is not jurisdiction over the dual-listed company in Florida federal court.

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