World Wide Supply OU v. Quail Cruises Ship Management

This appeal concerns an attachment of property made pursuant to Supplemental Admiralty Rule B. The money at issue arose from the legal settlement of a dispute over the purchase of a cruise ship featured on ABC Television Network’s long-running series, The Love Boat. The plaintiff below, and appellant here, has advanced a novel interpretation of Rule B. The district court was unpersuaded, as are we. Accordingly, we affirm the court’s order vacating the attachment.

I. BACKGROUND

This appeal has a complicated background, involving multiple lawsuits in federal district courts, Florida state court,…