LAKE CHARLES STEVEDORES v. PROF. VLADIMIR POPOV MV

No. 98-30983.

199 F.3d 220 (1999)

LAKE CHARLES STEVEDORES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. PROFESSOR VLADIMIR POPOV MV, in rem, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 23, 1999.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. Gordon Starling, Jr. (argued), Stephanie Douglas Skinner, Gelpi, Sullivan, Carroll & Gibbens, New Orleans, LA, Hunter W. Lundy, Lundy & Davis, Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

William C. Gambel (argued), James Timothy Betbeze, Benjamin O. Schupp, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before KING, Chief Judge, and SMITH and STEWART, Circuit Judges.


KING, Chief Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Lake Charles Stevedores, Inc. appeals the district court's dismissal of its in rem proceeding against Defendant-Appellee, the Professor Vladimir Popov M/V, arguing that the court erred in determining that the stevedores had no maritime lien. We affirm.

I. FACTS & PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND

As is often the situation in transactions involving the shipping of goods, a number of different parties were at least indirectly...

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