OSG BULK SHIPS, INC. v. U.S.

Civil Action No. 94-0006.

921 F.Supp. 812 (1996)

OSG BULK SHIPS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs, v. UNITED STATES of America, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, District of Columbia.

March 22, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Allan Abbot Tuttle, Patton & Boggs, LLP, Washington, DC, for Plaintiff.

Michael Joseph Ryan, Douglas A. Wickham, Cynthia Schnedar, Assistant U.S. Attorneys, Washington, DC, for U.S., Federico Pena, and Albert Herberger.

Am Loeserman Klein, Bagileo, Silverberg & Goldman, Washington, DC, for Intervenor/Defendant Puerto Rico Maritime Shipping Authority.

E. Alex Blanton, Dyer, Ellis, Joseph & Mills, Washington, DC, for Intervenor/Defendants BP Oil Shipping Company, USA, Aquarius Marine Company and Atlas Marine Company.

Anne Ellison Mickey, Sher & Blackwell, Washington, DC, for Intervenor/Defendants Margate Shipping Company and Chestnut Shipping Company.

Allan Abbot Tuttle, Patton & Boggs, LLP, Washington, DC, for Intervenor/Plaintiffs Attransco, Inc. and Matson Navigation Company, Inc.

John M. Nannes, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom, Washington, DC, for Intervenor/Defendant Sea-Land Service, Inc.

Robert Treinis Basseches, Shea & Gardner, Washington, DC, for Intervenor/Defendant American President Lines, Ltd.

Theodore S.L. Perlman, Fort & Schlefer, Washington, DC, for Intervenor/Defendant Mormac Marine.


OPINION

PAUL L. FRIEDMAN, District Judge.

OSG Bulk Ships, Inc. sued the United States, the Secretary of Transportation and the Administrator of the Maritime Administration ("MarAd"), seeking declaratory and injunctive relief with respect to the defendants' interpretation of Section 506 of the Merchant Marine Act of 1936, 46 U.S.C. app. § 1156. Attransco, Inc. and Matson Navigation Company, Inc. were granted leave to intervene as plaintiffs.

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