SHAKIT v. M/V FORUM TRADER

No. 92-3976.

14 F.3d 5 (1993)

Hussain SHAKIT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M/V FORUM TRADER, in rem, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 26, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dodson, Richard P. Bullock, David C. Vidrine, Dodson, Bullock, Vidrine, Baton Rouge, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

David B. Lawton, Kevin J. Lavie, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, LA, for defendants-appellees.

Before KING, DAVIS, and WIENER, Circuit Judges.


W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Lexington Shipping Company ("Lexington"), the owner of the M/V FORUM TRADER, moved to dismiss the in rem plaintiffs' appeal from an order setting $150,000 bond for the release of the FORUM TRADER. Because we lack jurisdiction over the appeal, it is dismissed.

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Plaintiffs Hussain Shakit, Hamza Hassan, Ibrahim Manik, and Ibrahim Rasheed, foreign seamen serving aboard the M/V FORUM TRADER, brought an in rem action against...

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