Legal Opinion

Blake Marine Group v. CarVal Investors LLC

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit

Decided July 13, 2016No. 15-3115PublishedCited by 11 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MURPHY, Circuit Judge.

Blake Marine Group, Inc. (Blake) brought this action against CarVal Investors LLC (CarVal) and CVI GVF (Lux) Master S.A.R.L. (CVI Lux), alleging tor-tious interference with Blake’s contract to lease a barge and crane to a third party. The district court 2 dismissed Blake’s complaint as time barred after applying Alabama’s two year statute of limitations. Blake appeals, and we affirm.

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Blake is an Alabama corporation which was based in Alabama at all times relevant to this case. 3 CarVal is a Delaware LLC based in Minnesota, and CVI Lux is a related entity organized under…

2Cases cited14 opinions

  1. Jerome B. Grubart, Inc. v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1995
  2. Joseph H. Whitney v. The Guys, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2012
  3. Great Plains Trust Co. v. Union Pacific RailroadCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 2007
  4. Northwest Airlines, Inc., a Minnesota Corporation v. Astraea Aviation Services, Inc., Doing Business as Dalfort Aviation, a Texas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1997
  5. Jepson v. General Casualty Co. of WisconsinSupreme Court of Minnesota · 1994

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