Seattle-First National Bank v. Conaway

FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judge:

Seattle-First National Bank appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of intervenors Roger Conaway, Jared Kelley, Randy Stuart, and Gregory Haynes (collectively Conaway), in Seattle-First’s action to foreclose a preferred marine mortgage on the Vessel Lady Lynne. Because Conaway asserted an in rem claim for seaman’s wages, Seattle-First argued that the six-month statute of limitations barred Conaway’s claims against the vessel. See 46 U.S.C. § 10602(a). The district court decided that the six-month statute of limitations did not apply to the oral…