Crescent Wharf and Warehouse Company Stevedoring Services of America v. The Vessel Cc San Francisco Char Yigh Marine (Panama) S.A.

101 F.3d 705 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. CRESCENT WHARF AND WAREHOUSE COMPANY; Stevedoring Services of America, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The VESSEL CC SAN FRANCISCO; Char Yigh Marine (Panama) S.A., Defendants-Appellants. No. 94-55830. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Oct. 7, 1996. Decided Nov. 14, 1996. Before: O'SCANNLAIN, T.G. NELSON and HAWKINS, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM * 2 On August 23, 1984, plaintiffs Crescent Wharf and Warehouse Co. and Stevedoring Services of America filed a complaint against the C.C. San Francisco (in rem) and Char Yigh Marine (Panama), S.A. (in personam), in admiralty for stevedoring services, terminal services and other services and necessaries. On August 24, 1984, plaintiffs arrested the C.C. San Francisco. Char Yigh appeared and filed a "claim to vessel" pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P.Supp.Rule C and answered the complaint. 3 Trial was held to the district court in admiralty without a jury in…