United States Fifth Circuit

A maritime lien for breach of a charter attaches when the owner places the vessel at the charterer's disposal, and remains inchoate until perfected by a breach or discharged by the undisturbed end of the charter.

Appellate Information

• Decided 06/10/2002
• Published 06/10/2002

Judges

• GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:, Before GARWOOD and WIENER, Circuit Judges, and FALLON, District Judge.

Court

• United States Fifth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Ford C. Thanheiser (argued), Billings & Solomon, Houston, TX, Nicole S. Tygier, Chopin, Wagar, Cole, Richard, Reboul & Kutcher, Metairie, LA, for Intervenor-Appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• John J. Broders (argued), Richard Scott Jenkins, Sr., Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellee.