MARTIN ENERGY SERVICES v. BOURBON PETREL M/V

No. 19-30612.

962 F.3d 827 (2020)

MARTIN ENERGY SERVICES, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Cross-Claimant-Appellee, v. BOURBON PETREL M/V, etc., et al, Defendant CGG Services US, Incorporated, Intervenor Defendant-Cross-Defendant-Appellant SNC Bourbon CE Patel; CGG Services, S.A.; Movants-Appellants Martin Energy Services, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellee v. Miss Lilly M/V, etc., Defendant Sea Support Ventures, L.L.C., in Personam, Defendant-Appellant CGG Services, S.A.; CGG Services US, Incorporated, Appellants Martin Energy Services, L.L.C., Plaintiff-Appellee v. OMS Resolution M/V, etc., Defendant v. Rederij Groen BV, in Personam, Defendant-Appellant CGG Services, S.A.; CGG Services US, Incorporated, Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed June 17, 2020.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Peter Michael Jung , Clark Hill Strasburger , Dallas, TX, Walter Patrick Maestri , Deutsch Kerrigan, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.

Thomas Pollard Diaz , Brett Daniel Wise , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Movant-Appellant, Defendants-Appellants, Appellants.

Bruce G. Paulsen, Esq. , Brian Paul Maloney, Esq. , Laura Elizabeth Miller , Seward & Kissell, L.L.P., New York, NY, David Boies Sharpe , Lugenbuhl, Wheaton, Peck, Rankin & Hubbard, New Orleans, LA, for Amicus Curiae ING Bank N.V.

Before BARKSDALE, HIGGINSON, and DUNCAN, Circuit Judges.


Under the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens Act ("CIMLA"), 46 U.S.C. §§ 31301-31343, a person may obtain a maritime lien against a vessel by providing it with "necessaries." Here, plaintiff Martin Energy Services ("Martin") delivered fuel to three support vessels owned by C.G.G. Services, U.S...

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