Taino Lines, Inc. v. M/V Constance Pan Atlantic

STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant-appellant Curtis Shipping, Inc. (“Curtis”) challenges the district court’s award, without a hearing, of full custodia legis expenses to plaintiffappellee Taino Lines, Inc. (“Taino”) for certain expenditures made by Taino as substitute custodian of defendant in rem the M/V Constance Pan Atlantic (“the vessel”). Finding no error in the district court’s ruling, we affirm.

I

BACKGROUND

Because the weakness of Curtis’s arguments becomes more apparent with a fuller understanding of the convoluted history of this litigation, we set forth the relevant…