VENUS LINES v. CVG INDUS. VENEZOLANA DE ALUMINIO

Nos. 98-6223, 98-6562.

210 F.3d 1309 (2000)

VENUS LINES AGENCY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CVG INDUSTRIA VENEZOLANA DE ALUMINIO, C.A., Defendant-Appellee. Venus Lines Agency, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. CVG Industria Venezolana de Aluminio, C.A., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 25, 2000.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas S. Rue, Johnstone, Adams, Bailey, Gordon & Harris, LLC, Mobile, AL, Guy E. Motzer, Jose T. Astigarraga, Edward M. Mulllins, Richard Lorenzo, Steel, Hector & Davis, LLP, Miami, FL, for CVG Industria Venezolana de Aluminio, C.A.

Joe E. Basenberg, Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, AL, MacHale A. Miller, O'Neil, Eichin, Miller, Saporito & Harris, New Orleans, L.A, for Venus Lines Agency.

John P. Kavanagh, Jr., Hand, Arendall, Bedsole, Greaves & Johnston, Mobile, AL, for Venus Lines Agency in docket No. 98-6562.

Before BLACK and WILSON, Circuit Judges, and RONEY, Senior Circuit Judge.


PER CURIAM:

These consolidated appeals arise from a United States steamship cargo company's attachment of cargo belonging to a Venezuelan corporation to secure any award the cargo company might receive in pending arbitration proceedings. The district court vacated the attachment previously entered by a magistrate judge, on the ground that the property was immune from attachment under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act, 28 U.S.C. §§ 1602-1611 (the "FSIA...

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