Legal Opinion
Alphamate Commodity GMBH v. CHS EUROPE SA
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 29, 2010No. 09-30804PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
EDITH H. JONES, Chief Judge:
Alphamate Commodity GMBH sought and obtained a Rule B maritime attachment in New Orleans, Louisiana, on a shipment of corn that had been loaded on the M/V GOLDEN STAR bound for Green Valley for Animal Feed Libya (“AFL”) 1 in Tripoli, Libya. Alphamate was owed money by AFL. Immediately following this ex parte order, the corn seller, CHS, Inc., and its affiliate, CHS Europe (collectively, “CHS” or “Appellees”), intervened and moved to vacate the attachment. 2 Appellees contended that they owned the corn because under the contract between CHS and AFL, title…
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