Supreme Court of the United States June 12, 1995, 94-788 (City of Milwaukee v. Cement Division, National Gypsum Co.)

Justice Stevens

delivered the opinion of the Court.

This is an admiralty case in which the plaintiff’s loss was primarily attributable to its own negligence. The question presented is whether that fact, together with the existence of a genuine dispute over liability, justified the District Court’s departure from the general rule that prejudgment interest should be awarded in maritime collision