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LIBERTY MARITIME CORP. v. U.S.

Nos. 90-5051, 90-5101.

928 F.2d 413 (1991)

LIBERTY MARITIME CORPORATION, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al. OMI CORPORATION, et al., Appellants, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al.

United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit.

Decided March 8, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael Joseph, with whom Alex Blanton and Joseph O. Click were on the joint brief, for appellant Liberty Maritime Corp. in No. 90-5051. Glenn P. Harris, Washington, D.C., also entered an appearance for appellant.

Jonathan Blank and John Longstreth, Washington, D.C., were on the joint brief, for appellants OMI Corp. and Seafarers Intern. Union in No. 90-5101.

Jeffrey T. Sprung, Asst. U.S. Atty., Dept. of Justice, with whom Jay B. Stephens, U.S. Atty., John D. Bates and R. Craig Lawrence, Asst. U.S. Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., were on the brief, for Federal appellees in both cases.

Richard H. Saltsman, with whom Roy G. Bowman, Washington, D.C., was on the brief, for appellees Belmont VLCC I, Inc., Belmont VLCC II, Inc., and Belmont VLCC III, Inc., in both cases.

Before WALD, BUCKLEY and SENTELLE, Circuit Judges.

Opinion for the Court filed by Circuit Judge WALD.

Concurring opinion filed by Circuit Judge BUCKLEY.

WALD, Circuit Judge:

Liberty Maritime Corporation and OMI Corporation ("Appellants") challenged the Secretary of Transportation's ("the Secretary") sale of three repossessed vessels to private defendants ("Belmont"). The Secretary acquired the vessels as defaulted collateral under the Ship Mortgage Insurance Fund program in Title XI of the Merchant...

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