Legal Opinion
EAST, Inc. of Stamford, Conn. v. M/V ALAIA
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided November 16, 1987No. Civ. A. 87-4931PublishedCited by 13 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER & REASONS
CHARLES SCHWARTZ, Jr., District Judge.
East has come south to send everyone north before a vessel went west. Because the law on maritime liens should not wander in aimless directions, the Court believes a written explanation of that law as it pertains to this case is fit.
This matter is before the Court on the motion of claimant Advance Company, Inc. of Liberia (Advance) to release the vessel from seizure or alternatively to set the amount of security to be posted by claimant, and to set the amount of countersecurity to be posted by plaintiff. At the post-seizure hearing held…
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- Schooner Freeman, &C. v. BuckinghamSupreme Court of the United States · 1856
- Interocean Shipping Company v. National Shipping and Trading Corporation and Hellenic International Shipping, S. A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1975
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3Cited by13 opinions
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- E.A.S.T., Inc. Of Stamford, Connecticut v. M/v Alaia, Advance Co., Inc., Claimant-AppellantCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1989
- Sembawang Shipyard, Ltd., Cross-Appellant v. Charger, Inc., and M/v Charger, Cross-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992
- Drexel Burnham Lambert, Inc. v. Valenzuela BockDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1988
- Result Shipping Co., Ltd. v. Ferruzzi Trading USA Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1995
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