US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit Opinions Valero Marketing & Supply Co. v. M/V Almi Sun Docket: 16-30194 Opinion Date: June 19, 2018 Judge: Higginbotham Areas of Law: Admiralty & Maritime Law The Fifth Circuit held that a bunker supplier, having entered into a contract with a bunker trader that later went bankrupt, was not entitled to assert a maritime lien against the vessel that physically received its fuel. The court held that the supplier could not show that it provided necessaries on the order of the owner or a person authorized by the owner. Accordingly, the court affirmed the district court's denial of the maritime lien. Read Opinion
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