DAVID R. THOMPSON, Circuit Judge:
All Alaskan Seafoods Inc. ("All Alaskan"), a shipper and the plaintiff in this admiralty case, appeals the district court's partial summary judgment. The district court held that All Alaskan's maritime lien on a vessel was subordinate to a mortgagee's ship's mortgage. The district court determined that under the Ship Mortgage Act, All Alaskan's claim for cargo damage could only arise under contract law, not under tort law; therefore...
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