The following are digests and case links to Circuit Court Admiralty Cases that have as an issue the Death on the High Seas Act ("DOHSA"):

In re Aircrash off Long Island (TWA 800)
Second Circuit Court of Appeals
March 29, 2000

Death on the High Seas Act ("DOHSA"): DOHSA does not apply to federal territorial waters, thus air crash eight miles off Long Island and within the twelve mile territorial sea is not covered by DOHSA.

Motts v. M/V Green Wave
Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
May 9, 2000

Death on the High Seas Act ("DOHSA"): DOHSA applies where the decedent is injured on the high seas, even if the defendant's negligence is entirely land-based and begins subsequent to that injury.