Hannah Bros. v. OSK Marketing & Communications, Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

RICHARD J. HOLWELL, District Judge.

The question in this maritime attachment proceeding is whether the plaintiff may effectively pierce the corporate veil of a contractual counterparty by alleging that the defendants entered into an unwritten “maritime joint venture.” Since the complaint here does not plausibly allege the existence of such a joint venture, the Court rejects plaintiffs novel theory of enterprise liability and vacates its prior attachment orders. In addition, the Court grants in part and denies in part a request for attorneys’ fees, interest, and…