United States Second Circuit

District court order granting defendant's motion to reduce the amount held by maritime attachment pursuant to the Supplemental Rules for Admiralty or Maritime Claims and Asset Forfeiture Actions is affirmed where defendant demonstrated good cause to reduce the amount of the attachment, and the district court properly exercised its discretion in in drawing the preliminary conclusion that plaintiff was likely to recover only the costs it incurred in securing the release of the Vessel and in thus reducing the amount of the attachment.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/23/2009
• Published 06/23/2009

Judges

• KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:, Before:  KEARSE and KATZMANN, Circuit Judges, and BIANCO, District Judge.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Alfred J. Rufty, III, Harris & Rufty, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• Charles E. Murphy (Ann C. LeVasseur, on the brief), Lennon, Murphy & Lennon, LLC, New York, NY, for Defendant-Appellee.