Whether a court exercising jurisdiction in an admiralty attachment case may apply hard-and-fast rules that limit or curtail its equitable discretion based on Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe principles

QUESTION PRESENTED The question presented is: Whether a court exercising jurisdiction in an admiralty attachment case, whereby it must decide the ownership of the property seized based on the equitable principles referred to in Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A., 339 U.S. 684 (1950), may apply hard-and-fast rules that limit or curtail its inquiry without first holding a hearing on the merits that addresses this issue?