June 21st, 2018

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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.

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