Legal Opinion
Forsyth International (U.K.) Ltd. v. SS Penavel
District Court, S.D. Georgia
Decided October 22, 1985No. CV485-002PublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
EDENFIELD, District Judge.
Before the Court is Intervenor/Claimant’s motion to decline jurisdiction.
I. Background
This is an action in rem against the Motor Vessel PENAVEL for breach of a contract to supply bunkers. Plaintiffs are an English bunker supplier and its Dutch parent company. The contract for bunkers was negotiated and entered into in London by plaintiffs and a London bunker broker acting for the time charterer of the vessel, Arvo Shipping, Ltd., a Liberian corporation having its principal place of business in Monrovia, Liberia. The ordered bunkers were delivered and supplied to…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Veba-Chemie A.G. v. M/v Getafix, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., in Rem, and Getafix Shipping Corp., in PersonamCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Alexander Chiazor v. Transworld Drilling Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
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3Cited by3 opinions
- Perez & Compania (Cataluna), S.A., Cross-Appellant v. M/v Mexico I, Etc., and Triton Pacific Maritime Corporation, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Perez Y. Compania v. Triton Pacific Maritime Corp.District Court, S.D. Texas · 1986
- Penavel, SsCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986