Legal Opinion
Prudential Insurance v. United States Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided August 31, 1990No. 89-15978PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
The memorandum of the panel filed August 31, 1990, is redesignated as an opinion, authored by Circuit Judge Wiggins.
SO ORDERED.
OPINION
WIGGINS, Circuit Judge:
Masters, Mates & Pilots Individual Retirement Account Plan and various individual seamen appeal the district court’s judgment dismissing their claim for a preferred maritime lien against defendant vessels based on certain unpaid contributions to the Plan. We have jurisdiction over this appeal pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1291 (1988), and we affirm.
The question is whether the unpaid contributions to the plan are “wages of the crew.”…
2Cases cited11 opinions
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- Russell H. Brandon, Trustee v. S. S. Denton, Her Engines, Etc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1962
- Cantieri Navali Riuniti v. M/V SKYPTRONDistrict Court, W.D. Louisiana · 1985
- Long Island Tankers Corporation v. SS KAIMANADistrict Court, N.D. California · 1967
- Irving Trust Co. v. the Steamscrew Golden SailDistrict Court, D. Oregon · 1961
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3Cited by1 opinion
- Prudential Ins. v. U.S. Lines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990