U.S. v. INTERLINK SYSTEMS, INC.

No. 243, Docket 92-6123.

984 F.2d 79 (1993)

UNITED STATES of America, Federal Maritime Commission, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. INTERLINK SYSTEMS, INC., Consolidated Commodities of America, Merritt Enterprises, Inc., Liberty Shipping International, Oasis Express Lines, Javelin Lines, a division of Charles Klaus & Co., Joshua Dean & Co., Defendants, Martyn C. Merritt, Ariel Maritime Group, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided January 22, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark E. Schaefer, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., New York City, Carol J. Neustadt, Federal Maritime Com'n, Office of Gen. Counsel, Washington, DC (Stuart M. Gerson, Asst. Atty. Gen., Otto Obermaier, U.S. Atty., for the S.D. of N.Y., Janis G. Schulmeisters, U.S. Dept. of Justice, Civ. Div., of counsel), for plaintiffs-appellees.

Erwin J. Shustak, New York City (Jalil Sanders & Heller, New York City, Ruth H. Landstrom, Susan C. Stanley, of counsel), for defendants-appellants.

Before: LUMBARD, ALTIMARI, and McLAUGHLIN, Circuit Judges.


ALTIMARI, Circuit Judge:

Defendants-appellants Martyn C. Merritt and Ariel Maritime Group ("Ariel") appeal from a judgment of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Griesa, J.) enforcing an order of the Federal Maritime Commission (the "FMC"). The order directed Merritt and Ariel to pay $335,000 in fines pursuant to the Shipping Act of 1984 (the "Shipping Act"), 46 U.S.C.App. § 1712 (1984). On appeal, Merritt and Ariel...

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