COUTSODONTIS v. SEA TRADE MARITIME CORP.

No. 08-30959.

571 F.3d 1341 (2009)

Stelios COUTSODONTIS, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SEA TRADE MARITIME CORP, in personam, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 18, 2009.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel A. Tadros, Adelaida J. Ferchmin, Chaffe, McCall, Phillips, Toler & Sarpy, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

A.T. Chenault, IV (argued), Stephanie Douglas Skinner, Fowler Rodriguez, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before REAVLEY, WIENER, and SOUTHWICK, Circuit Judges.


WIENER, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant Stelios Coutsodontis appeals the judgment of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana vacating its earlier arrest warrant of the M/V ATHENA, a vessel titled to Sea Trade Maritime Corporation. The district court determined that it lacked in rem admiralty jurisdiction under Rule D of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty and Maritime Claims to hear any of the claims asserted by Coutsodontis...

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