AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO. v. VESSEL SS FORTALEZA

No. 78-1164.

585 F.2d 22 (1978)

AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL INSURANCE CO., Plaintiff, Appellant, v. The VESSEL SS FORTALEZA, her engines, her boilers, etc., Puerto rico Maritime Shipping Authority, Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided October 5, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rafael A. Villa Carrion, Santurce, P. R., and Charles A. Cordero, San Juan, P. R., on brief for appellant.

Jose Antonio Fuste, Jimenez & Fuste and Sara E. de Jesus Kellogg, Hato Rey, P.R., on brief for appellees.

Before COFFIN, Chief Judge, CAMPBELL and BOWNES, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

Appellant appeals from the unopposed entry of summary judgment. On the papers before it when it acted, the district court was plainly warranted in concluding that there was no triable issue of fact. To be sure, we emphasized in Mack v. Cape Elizabeth School Board, 553 F.2d 720 (1st Cir. 1977), that if the moving party fails to make a sufficient showing that there is no genuine issue of material fact, summary judgment...

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