MATEO v. M/S KISO

No. 93-15531.

41 F.3d 1283 (1994)

Diosdado Z. MATEO, Plaintiff, and Benjamin R. Armogenia; Jesus D. Baruelo; Roy U. Moscaya; Edgardo Bobadilla; Arthur T. Occenola; Paterno E. Escarilla; Ismael N. Carino; Guillermo B. Endozo; Luis B. Gurrea; Gerald B. Reyes; Wilfredo C. Domingo; Rene P. Sullesta; Romulo L. Carlos; Junie M. Perez; Antonio V. Bonto; Manuel B. Biloas; Frederick Q. Villareal; Jose Nachor; and Salvador Ocampa, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. The M/S KISO, In Rem; Vesta Co., Ltd., Defendants-Appellees, and Universal Sea Transport, S.A.; Nippon Yusen Kaisha Ship Management Co., Ltd.; and Orion Shipping Co., Ltd., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided December 1, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard J. Dodson, Dodson & Vidrine, Baton Rouge, LA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Frederick W. Wentker, Jr., Lillick & Charles, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before: CHOY, LEAVY, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


LEAVY, Circuit Judge:

Foreign seamen filed this in rem admiralty action against their foreign flag vessel, with in personam claims asserted against the vessel's registered and beneficial owners and operators, claiming that the defendants had failed to pay all wages due the seamen. The district court dismissed the personal claims and, following a bench trial, entered judgment in favor of the vessel on the remaining in rem causes of action. The...

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