Crowley Marine Services Inc. v. Maritrans Inc.

447 F.3d 719 CROWLEY MARINE SERVICES INC., a Delaware corporation, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MARITRANS INC., a Delaware corporation; Maritrans Transportation Inc., a Delaware corporation; Maritrans Operating Company LP, a Delaware Limited partnership; Maritrans General Partner Inc., a Delaware corporation, Defendants-Appellees. No. 04-35724. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted October 17, 2005. Decided May 8, 2006. Vincent R. Larson, Daniel J. Gunter, and C. William West, Riddell Williams P.S., Seattle, WA, for plaintiff-appellant Crowley Marine Services, Inc. Marc E. Warner, LeGros, Buchanan & Paul, Seattle, WA, for defendant-appellee Maritrans Operating Company L.P. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington John C. Coughenour, Chief Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-02-02487-JCC. Before RICHARD D. CUDAHY, * T.G. NELSON, and McKEOWN, Circuit Judges. McKEOWN, Circuit Judge. 1 This case calls on us to decide a matter of first impression regarding the application of the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea, Oct. 20, 1972, 28 U.S.T. 3459, T.I.A.S. 8587, adopted by statute at 33 U.S.C. §…