India Steamship Co. v. Kobil Petroleum Ltd.

In anticipation of arbitration, plaintiff India Steamship Company Limited (“ISC”) attached $1,653,168 belonging to defendant Kobil Petroleum Limited (“Kobil”), pursuant to Rule B of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions (“Rule B”), as the funds passed briefly through New York en route from one foreign Kobil account to another. Kobil entered a general appearance, and the attached funds were transferred by consent order to the Southern District Clerk. Following this Court’s decision in Shipping Corp. of India v. Jaldhi Overseas Pte Ltd., 585 F.3d…