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NAVIEROS INTER-AMERICANOS v. M/V VASILIA EXPRESS

Nos. 96-1850, 96-1851, 96-2174 and 96-2175.

120 F.3d 304 (1997)

NAVIEROS INTER-AMERICANOS, S.A., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. M/V VASILIA EXPRESS et al., Defendants, Appellants, Dusan Jeftimiades, Petitioner, Intervenor-Appellant. NAVIEROS INTER-AMERICANOS, S.A., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. M/V VASILIA EXPRESS et al., Defendants, Appellants, Coastal Ship Repair, Inc., Petitioner, Intervenor-Appellant. NAVIEROS INTER-AMERICANOS, S.A., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. M/V VASILIA EXPRESS et al., Defendants, Appellants, Motor-Services Hugo Stamp, Inc., Petitioner, Intervenor-Appellant. NAVIEROS INTER-AMERICANOS, S.A., Plaintiff, Appellee, v. M/V VASILIA EXPRESS et al., Defendants, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry A. Ezratty, San Juan, PR, for intervenor-appellant Dusan Jeftimiades.

Francisco G. Bruno, San Juan, PR, and Lilia R. Rodriguez Ruiz, Hato Rey, PR, with whom McConnell Valdes was on brief, for intervenor-appellant Coastal Ship Repair, Inc.

Antonio M. Bird, Jr., with whom Bird Bird and Hestres, San Juan, PR, was on brief, for intervenor-appellant Motor-Services Hugo Stamp, Inc.

Stephen T. Perkins, Richmond, VA, for defendant-appellants M/V VASILIA EXPRESS et al.

Mark C. Landry, Metairie, LA, with whom Carlos J. Quilichini, San Juan, PR, Robert A. Mathis, Metairie, LA, and Newman, Mathis, Brady, Wakefield & Spedale were on brief, for appellee Gulf Coast Bank & Trust Co.

Before SELYA, Circuit Judge, ALDRICH, Senior Circuit Judge, and LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

LYNCH, Circuit Judge.

This admiralty case features seven competing claimants, each trying to take from the proceeds of the sale of a seized vessel, the M/V VASILIA EXPRESS. Three claimants, in addition to the original charterer plaintiff, were allowed to intervene; all four won judgments after a three-day, expedited bench trial. Suit was originally brought in rem against the vessel. The vessel's corporate owner and its shipping agent both appeared, however...

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