CANTIERI NAVALI RIUNITI v. M/V SKYPTRON

No. 85-4809.

802 F.2d 160 (1986)

CANTIERI NAVALI RIUNITI, Plaintiff-Appellee-Appellant, v. M/V SKYPTRON, et al., Defendants, LUCIFER (PANAMA) S.A., Intervenor-Appellant-Appellee, v. TRAMP OIL & MARINE, LTD. and Redwood Bunkering, Ltd., et al., Intervenors-Appellees-Appellants, and Societe Des Lubrifiants Elf Aquitaine (SLEA), Intervenor-Appellee. LAKE CITY STEVEDORES, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. M/V SKYPTRON, Her Engines, Tackle, Apparel, etc., et al., Defendants, Lucifer (Panama) S.A., Intervenor-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied November 19, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James O.M. Womack, Burke & Mayer, New Orleans, La., for Lucifer (Panama) S.A.

Scofield, Bergstedt, Gerard, Mount & Veron, Scott J. Scofield, Benjamin W. Mount, Lake Charles, La., for Riuniti & Savoy Marine.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, George R. Wentz, Jr., George J. Fowler, III, New Orleans, La., for Lake City Stevedores.

Jones, Tete, Nolen, Hanchey, Swift & Spears, Hunter W. Lundy, Lake Charles, La., for Tramp Oil & Marine & Redwood.

Before THORNBERRY, JOHNSON, and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges.


THORNBERRY, Circuit Judge:

A complete recitation of the rather complex facts and procedural background of this case is set out in the district court's scholarly opinion, 621 F.Supp. 171 at 175-78. We will note salient facts as they become important.

This case is essentially a priority dispute between various lien claimants asserting rights in the proceeds resulting from the court ordered sale of the Greek-flag bulk carrier...

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