KINGSTATE OIL v. M/V GREEN STAR

Nos. 86-5685 and 86-5712.

815 F.2d 918 (1987)

In the Matter of KINGSTATE OIL v. M/V GREEN STAR. (Two Cases) DREW AMEROID INTERNATIONAL CORP. v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, Tackle, etc., in Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) B.P. OIL INTERNATIONAL LIMITED v. KUK-JE SHIPPING CO., LTD. (Two Cases) ATLANTIC STEAMERS SUPPLY CO. (N.J.) INCORPORATED v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, in Personam. (Two Cases) McALLISTER BROTHERS, INC., v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) OVERSEAS SHIPPING, INC., v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) M.J. RUDOLPH CORP. v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) KINGSTATE OIL and Bank of Pusan, Plaintiffs in Intervention, v. KUK JE SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, In Personam, and M/V GREEN STAR, In Rem, Defendants in Intervention. (Two Cases) WITTE CHASE CORPORATION v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) KINGSTATE OIL, Jung Jin Park, Young Ho Kim, Bag Myeong In, Bong Hun Jeong, Nam Sung Hyun, Gyo Seob Gim, I Seung Dae, Park Hong Min, Hong Samyoung, Gu Yeong Hund, Byum Sung Duk, Kim Jung Kei, Kim Tae Ok, Kim Haeng Sam, Kim Jung Bok, Kang Mai Mook, Lee Gab Yeol, Lee Kim Mun, Jung Gweon Park, Jeon Dae Yun, Byen Tto Sik, Jeon Su Saeng, Lee Hyeong Jo and Kim Su Han, Plaintiffs in Intervention, v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, appurtenances, cargo, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Ltd., In Personam. (Two Cases) DREW AMEROID INTERNATIONAL CORP. and Eklof Marine Corp., Intervening Plaintiffs, v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) DREW AMEROID INTERNATIONAL CORP. and Korean Development Bank, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) KINGSTATE OIL and Nissho Iwai American Corp., Plaintiffs in Intervention, v. KUKJE SHIPPING COMPANY LIMITED, In Personam, and M/V GREEN STAR, In Rem. (Two Cases) KINGSTATE OIL, Kim Hyun Jin, Kim Su Hwan, Nam Gungggyu, Kim Tae Gyu, Kim Byeong Ho, Mun Jeong Sook, Han Bong Chil, Seo Jae Gwan, Chang Ki Chang, Lee Chun Kil, Kang Byeong Jun, Bark Jong Cheol, Kim Sang Yul, O Yong-Hwan, Lee Hong Sik, Lee Myeong Deuk, Deo Imgyo, Park Yong Sun, Kim Sang Hwan, Kim Uk Kon, Chae Pil Kwen, Choi Yong Hwa, Jung Yong Gwan, Choi Hae Weon, Chun Jin Sik, Cha Yong Jin, Jo Yong Su, Chow Sung Yong, Kim Weon Joon, Chung Chung Hak, Lee Sei Hyang, Kim Chang Sea, Lee Nam Yong, Lee Bong Il, Lee Mun Yong, Jin Jae Chul, Kim Sung Hong, Ko Yong Bo, Lee Jae Gu, Kim Dae Jeon, Hong Soun Baek, Lee Sang Ik, Im Man Dae, Lee Sang Chun, and Kim Bum Qyu, Intervening Plaintiffs, v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle appurtenances, cargo, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company, Ltd., In Personam. (Two Cases) GREAT OCEAN SUPPLY CO., INC. v. M/V GREEN STAR, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., In Rem, and Kukje Shipping Company Limited, In Personam. (Two Cases) Appeal of BANK OF PUSAN, Plaintiff in Intervention, in No. 86-5685. Appeal of NISSHO IWAI AMERICAN CORPORATION in No. 86-5712.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided April 3, 1987.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 4 May 6, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin B. Mulroy (argued), Hill, Rivkins, Carey, Loesberg, O'Brien & Mulroy, Newark, N.J., for Bank of Pusan.

William P. Byrne (argued), Cichanowicz, Callan & Keane, New York City, for Nissho Iwai American Corp.

Andrew J. Goldstein, Allyn Z. Lite, Hope M. Pomerantz (argued), Goldstein, Till & Lite, Newark, N.J., for Kingstate Oil, et al.

Keith L. Flicker (argued), Quinn, Coti, Flicker & Llorca, Fort Lee, N.J., Mark C. Flavin, Geoffrey D. Ferrer, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, on the brief, New York City, for Korean Development Bank.

Sidney H. Kalban, Phillips & Cappiello, P.C., New York City, for Jung Jin Park, et al. and Kim Hyun Jin, et al.

Richard K. Willard, Asst. Atty. Gen., Thomas W. Greelish, U.S. Atty., Janis G. Schulmeisters, Attorney in Charge (Marie Louise Hagen, of counsel), U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., Torts Branch, New York City, for U.S., amicus curiae.

Before GIBBONS, Chief Judge, SEITZ and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc Denied in No. 86-5685 May 4 and No. 86-5712 May 6, 1987.

OPINION OF THE COURT

ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.

This appeal from a district court's order confirming the judicial sale of a cargo ship requires us to decide if the costs of unloading the vessel after the sale should be treated as administrative costs. The vessel's charterer and the consignee of the cargo contend that the court abused its discretion in refusing...

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