PORTLAND PILOTS, INC. v. NOVA STAR M/V

No. 16-2467.

875 F.3d 38 (2017)

PORTLAND PILOTS, INC.; World Fuel Services, Inc., d/b/a Trans-Tec; Sprague Operating Resources, LLC; Brown Ship Services; City of Portland; Portland Development Corporation; Cockett Marine Oil DMCC; McCallister Towing And Transportation Company Inc., d/b/a Portland Tugboat LLC; DNV GL AS, Plaintiffs, Maine Uniform Rental, Inc., d/b/a Pratt Abbott Uniform & Linen, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. NOVA STAR M/V, in rem, Defendant, Appellee, Nova Star Cruises Ltd, in personam; Singapore Technologies Marine Limited, quasi in rem; Bunkers and related fuel aboard the M/V NOVA STAR, in rem, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

November 7, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert W. Kline , with whom Kline Law Offices LLC, Portland, ME, was on brief, for appellant.

Edward S. MacColl , with whom Thompson, MacColl & Bass, LLC, P.A., Portland, ME, was on brief, for appellee.

Before Howard, Chief Judge, Torruella and Barron, Circuit Judges.


We have before us an appeal from the district court's judgment limiting the in rem maritime lien claim of Plaintiff-Appellant Maine Uniform Rental, Inc., d/b/a Pratt Abbott Uniform & Linen ("Pratt Abbott" or "Appellant") on the arrested ship, the M/V NOVA STAR ("NOVA STAR").

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