Alyeska Pipeline Service Company v. The Vessel Bay Ridge

703 F.2d 381 ALYESKA PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, individually and as agent for Amerada Hess Pipeline Corporation, ARCO Pipe Line Company, BP Pipelines, Inc., Exxon Pipeline Corporation, Phillips Alaska Pipeline Company, Sohio Pipe Line Company and Union Alaska Pipeline Company, Plaintiff-Appellant- Cross-Appellee, v. The VESSEL BAY RIDGE, her engines, masts, bowsprint, boats, anchors, chains, cable, rigging, tackle, apparel, furniture, and all other necessaries thereunto appertaining, Defendant, and United States Trust Co., Richmond Tankers, Inc., Seatrain Lines, Inc., and Pierce Tankers, Inc., Claimants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants. Nos. 81-3229, 81-3249. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Nov. 1, 1982. Decided April 4, 1983. Arden E. Page, Burr, Pease & Kurtz, Inc., Anchorage, Alaska, for plaintiff-appellant-cross-appellee. John H. Bradbury, Michael H. Woodell, Bradbury, Bliss & Riordan, Anchorage, Alaska, for claimants-appellees-cross-appellants. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Alaska. Before KENNEDY and SKOPIL, Circuit Judges, and JAMESON, * District Judge. SKOPIL, Circuit Judge:…