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OCR: law remedies over matters which also fall within the admiralty jurisdiction of the United States 1 Pursuant to this "concurrent jurisdiction, stales may adjudicate personam claims cognizuble in admiralty and state laws may even supplcment admiraity principles within certain limitations Romerav Inter national Terminal Operating r. 358 373 468. 480 (1959} While the extent of permissible "supplemen- tation' "is difficult to define with precision. the. Courthas held that state laws and jurisprudence may not be applied IF1 fashion which would 'contravene the esscntial purposes of work malerial injury toof such Igenera Imaritime law or rinterfere with its proper harmony and uniformity in its international and inter- state relations. Knickerbucker Ice Co. Stewart .253 U.S. 160. 438 440 (1920): se ...