CENTRAL BOAT RENTALS, INC. v. M/V NOR GOLIATH

No. 21-60501.

31 F.4th 320 (2022)

CENTRAL BOAT RENTALS, INCORPORATED; Global Towing Service, L.L.C.; Offshore Towing, Incorporated; McAllister Towing of New York, L.L.C.; Curtin Maritime Corporation, Intervenors-Appellants, v. M/V NOR GOLIATH, in rem; Goliath Offshore Holdings, Private Limited, in personam, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

FILED April 12, 2022.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Andre' J. Mouledoux, Esq. , Trevor Matthew Cutaiar , Mouledoux, Bland, Legrand & Brackett, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Intervenors-Appellants.

Miles Paul Clements, Esq. , Zachary Ardoin , Joseph Edward Lee, III , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Drury Sumner Holland , Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., Gulfport, MS, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before Owen, Chief Judge, and Higginbotham and Elrod, Circuit Judges.


Again, the familiar question of whether provisions were a "necessary" under the Commercial Instruments and Maritime Liens Act ("CIMLA").1 To its answer, able counsel bring creative arguments urging that we expand CIMLA's reach. We decline the invitation and affirm the judgment...

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