FLAME S.A. v. FREIGHT BULK PTE. LTD.

No. 14-1189.

762 F.3d 352 (2014)

FLAME S.A., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. FREIGHT BULK PTE. LTD., Defendant-Appellant, and Industrial Carriers, Inc.; Vista Shipping, Inc.; Viktor Baranskiy; Glory Wealth Shipping PTE Ltd., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: August 5, 2014.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Charles Alan Rothfeld , Mayer Brown, LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. William Robert Bennett, III , Blank Rome LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Carmine R. Zarlenga , Richard Caldarone , Paul W. Hughes , Mayer Brown LLP, Washington, D.C., for Appellant. Alan M. Weigel , Lauren B. Wilgus , Nicholas R. Tambone , Blank Rome LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge AGEE wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON and Judge DIAZ joined. Judge WILKINSON wrote a separate concurring opinion.


AGEE, Circuit Judge:

Freight Bulk Pte. Ltd. ("Freight Bulk") appeals from the district court's order denying its motion to vacate a writ of maritime attachment previously issued in favor of Flame S.A. ("Flame") under Supplemental Rule B of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure ("Rule B"). Flame filed a verified complaint in the Eastern District of Virginia seeking attachment of a shipping vessel for purposes of satisfying an English judgment, the underlying basis of...

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