Gulf Trading & Transportation Co. v. The M/V Tento

694 F.2d 1191 GULF TRADING & TRANSPORTATION CO., and Permal Shipping Co., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The M/V TENTO, her engines, tackle, boilers, etc., in rem, Defendant, I/S NOREXIM, Claimant-Appellant. Nos. 80-4151, 80-4158 and 80-4176. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 15, 1981. Decided Dec. 20, 1982. D. Thomas McCune, Lillick, McHose & Charles, San Francisco, Cal., for claimant-appellant. Eric Danoff, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., for plaintiffs-appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Before KENNEDY and TANG, Circuit Judges, and HOFFMAN, * District Judge. KENNEDY, Circuit Judge: 1 This case presents certain choice of law questions respecting maritime liens. Liens were filed against the M/V Tento (Tento) when it docked at the Port of Stockton, in the Eastern District of California. The underlying claims arose from two separate transactions, the first with Gulf Trading & Transportation Company (Gulf), the second with Permal Shipping Company (Permal). 2 The Tento is a Norwegian flag vessel owned by I/S Norexim (Norexim), a Norwegian corporation. Norexim placed the…