ADDAX ENERGY SA v. M/V YASA H. MULLA

No. 18-2438.

987 F.3d 80 (2021)

ADDAX ENERGY SA, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. M/V YASA H. MULLA, (IMO No. 9442512), her tackle, engines, etc. in rem, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: January 22, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: James H. Power , HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant. Lauren Brooke Wilgus , BLANK ROME LLP, New York, New York, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Marie Elizabeth Larsen , Christine Nicole Walz , HOLLAND & KNIGHT LLP, New York, New York, for Appellant Steven M. Stancliff , CRENSHAW, WARE & MARTIN, P.L.C., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee.

Affirmed by published opinion. Judge Keenan wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge Motz joined. Judge Agee wrote a dissenting opinion.


Addax Energy SA (Addax) filed this in rem action against M/V Yasa H. Mulla (the vessel), an ocean vessel, invoking the district court's admiralty jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1333. Addax had entered into a fuel supply agreement with the charterer of the vessel, a non-party to this action. When the charterer...

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