No. 19-519

Psara Energy Ltd. v. ST Shipping & Transport Pte. Ltd., et al.

Lower Court: Second Circuit
Docketed: 2019-10-21
Status: Denied
Type: Paid
Response Waived
Tags: admiralty-law admiralty-maritime admiralty-maritime-law civil-procedure court-of-appeals federal-jurisdiction interpleader jurisdiction maritime-garnishment mootness supplemental-rules
Key Terms:
Arbitration JusticiabilityDoctri
Latest Conference: 2019-12-13
Question Presented (AI Summary)

Whether the jurisdiction a court of appeals has over a district court's vacatur of a maritime garnishment under Rule B(1) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions is divested on the grounds of mootness by a foreign court's judgment on the garnishee's competing interpleader filed during the pendency of the appeal

Question Presented (OCR Extract)

QUESTION PRESENTED Whether the jurisdiction a court of appeals has over a district court’s vacatur of a maritime garnishment under Rule B(1) of the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions is divested on the grounds of mootness by a foreign court’s judgment on the garnishee’s competing interpleader filed during the pendency of the appeal.

Docket Entries

2019-12-16
Petition DENIED.
2019-11-26
DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 12/13/2019.
2019-11-19
Waiver of right of respondents ST Shipping and Transport PTE. LTD. to respond filed.
2019-10-16
Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due November 20, 2019)

Attorneys

Psara Energy Ltd.
George Angelo GaitasGaitas & Chalos, P.C., Petitioner
George Angelo GaitasGaitas & Chalos, P.C., Petitioner
ST Shipping and Transport PTE. LTD.
Peter John BehmkeHerbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, Respondent
Peter John BehmkeHerbert Smith Freehills New York LLP, Respondent