Legal Opinion
Beauregard, Inc. v. Sword Services L L C
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 18, 1997No. 96-30433PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:
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This case, involving an in rem admiralty action against the barge the “Dragon I,” was initiated by Beauregard, Inc., an equipment lessor who held a first preferred ship mortgage. Beauregard properly arrested the Dragon I. Following Beauregard’s seizure of the barge, several other entities intervened claiming maritime liens, and also seized the barge. Each intervenor was ordered to share in the cost of the Dragon’s maintenance. 1
Sword Services, L.L.C., moved to intervene to assert a maritime lien securing $654,-817 owed for work on the barge. The district court…
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