SCHIFFAHARTSGESELLSCHAFT LEONHARDT v. A. BOTTACCHI

No. 83-8019.

773 F.2d 1528 (1985)

SCHIFFAHARTSGESELLSCHAFT LEONHARDT & CO., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. A. BOTTACCHI S.A. DE NAVEGACION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

October 1, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert S. Glenn, Jr., Savannah, Ga., for plaintiff-appellant.

Lamar Walter, Savannah, Ga., for defendant-appellee.

Theodore A. LeGros, Seattle, Wash., David R. Owen, Baltimore, Md., for amicus curiae, Maritime Law Ass'n of U.S.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, RONEY, TJOFLAT, HILL, FAY, VANCE, KRAVITCH, JOHNSON, HENDERSON, HATCHETT, ANDERSON and CLARK, Circuit Judges.


TJOFLAT, Circuit Judge:

I.

On May 25, 1982 the clerk of the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Georgia issued a writ of attachment against bunkers and stores owned by the appellee, A. Bottacchi S.A. de Navegacion ("Bottacchi"), and located aboard the vessel M/V Puntas Malvinas. The writ was sought by the appellant, Schiffahartsgesellschaft Leonhardt & Co. (G.M.B.H. & Co.) ("Leonhardt"). This appeal questions the constitutionality...

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