Legal Opinion
Mullane v. Chambers
Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
Decided June 27, 2003No. 02-1791, 02-2043PublishedCited by 68 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
STAHL, Senior Circuit Judge.
This case requires us to determine whether an unrecorded bill of sale purporting to convey a federally documented yacht, the M/Y Cent’Anni, is valid as against a judgment creditor and to review an award of $100,000.00 in punitive damages and an assessment of $43,720.44 in attorneys’ fees. We reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.
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On November 24, 1997, Dr. John J. Walsh, Jr. and Beatrice M. Walsh conveyed the vessel, the M/Y Lady B., to David and Angela Murphy, who, on December 8, 1997, documented the conveyance with the Department…
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