PACIFIC GULF SHIPPING v. VIGOROUS SHIPPING

No. 20-35159.

992 F.3d 893 (2021)

PACIFIC GULF SHIPPING CO.; Michael Else & Company Ltd., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. VIGOROUS SHIPPING & TRADING S.A.; Blue Wall Shipping Ltd., Defendants-Appellees, and Adamastos Shipping & Trading S.A.; Phoenix Shipping & Trading S.A.; Thalassa Holdings S.A.; Alastor Marine S.A.; George Gourdomichalis; Efstathios Gourdomichalis, Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed March 29, 2021.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George M. Chalos and Briton P. Sparkman , Chalos & Co. P.C., Oyster Bay, New York, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Keith B. Letourneau and Zachary R. Cain , Blank Rome LLP, Houston, Texas; M. Christie Helmer and Ian M. Christy , Miller Nash Graham & Dunn LLP, Portland, Oregon; for Defendant-Appellee Vigorous Shipping & Trading S.A.

Bruce G. Paulsen and Brian P. Maloney , Seward & Kissel LLP, New York, New York; Michael E. Haglund and Eric J. Brickenstein , Haglund Kelley LLP, Portland, Oregon; for Defendant-Appellee Blue Wall Shipping Ltd.

Before: Danny J. Boggs, Richard A. Paez, and Paul J. Watford, Circuit Judges.


OPINION

In this admiralty case, appellant Pacific Gulf, in possession of an arbitral award against Adamastos Shipping, tried to collect from appellees Blue Wall and Vigorous Shipping on the grounds that they are either successors to or alter-egos of Adamastos. The district court dismissed the successor-liability claim...

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