GULF TRADING & TRANSP. CO. v. VESSEL HOEGH SHIELD

No. 80-1988.

658 F.2d 363 (1981)

GULF TRADING & TRANSPORTATION CO., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. The VESSEL HOEGH SHIELD, her engines, tackle and appurtenances, in rem, Defendant, A/S Alliance, Claimant and owner of the Vessel HOEGH SHIELD, her engines, tackle and appurtenances, in rem, Claimant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied February 10, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert M. Julian, Houston, Tex., for claimant-appellant.

James Patrick Cooney, Houston, Tex., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before BROWN and TATE, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied February 10, 1982.

JOHN R. BROWN, Circuit Judge:

Before us is an admiralty action in rem brought by plaintiff Gulf Trading & Transportation Company (Gulf), a division of Gulf Oil Corporation. The action was brought against the Vessel HOEGH SHIELD (Vessel), a vessel documented under the laws of and flying the flag of Norway and owned by A/S Alliance of Oslo, Norway. At all material times, the Vessel was under...

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