Conticarriers & Terminals, Inc. v. Delta Bulk Terminal

RULING ON PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY JUDGMENT

P0L0Z0LA, District Judge.

This motion requires the Court to consider the following issues: (1) when two debtors are found by a state court to be jointly and severally liable to a creditor based on an implied contract between the debtors and the creditor, does maritime law provide a right of contribution to a debtor who satisfies the entire debt; and, (2) if so, what are the respective portions of the debt between the two debtors when there is no agreement between them?

A Louisiana state court 1 found Conticar-riers & Terminals, Inc. and…