TAINO LINES, INC. v. M/V CONSTANCE PAN ATLANTIC

Nos. 92-1530, 92-2133.

982 F.2d 20 (1992)

TAINO LINES, INC., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. M/V CONSTANCE PAN ATLANTIC, its Engines, Tackle, Equipment, etc. et al., Defendants, Appellees. Curtis Shipping, Inc., Defendant, Appellant. TAINO LINES, INC., Plaintiffs, Appellees, v. M/V CONSTANCE PAN ATLANTIC, its Engines, Tackle, Equipment, etc. et al., Defendants, Appellees. Curtis Shipping, Inc., et al., Defendant, Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided December 23, 1992.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Ezratty, San Juan, PR, for defendant, appellant.

Juan A. Lopez-Conway, with whom Herbert W. Brown, III and Calvesbert & Brown, San Juan, PR, were on brief, for plaintiffs, appellees.

Before TORRUELLA and STAHL, Circuit Judges, and SKINNER, Senior District Judge.


STAHL, Circuit Judge.

In this appeal, defendant-appellant Curtis Shipping, Inc. ("Curtis") challenges the district court's award, without a hearing, of full custodia legis expenses to plaintiff-appellee Taino Lines, Inc. ("Taino") for certain expenditures made by Taino as substitute custodian of defendant in rem the M/V Constance Pan Atlantic ("the vessel"). Finding no error in the district court's ruling, we affirm.

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