Court Rules Interim Summary Judgment Maintainable in Vessel Supply Case; Ownership Evidence Required.

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....Maintainability of an interim application seeking summary judgment under the Code of Civil Procedure for enforcing claims arising from bunker supplies made to defendant vessels. The court held that the plaintiff has proceeded in rem against the defendant vessel, claimed to be beneficially owned by the defendant, for a defined class of maritime claim under the Admiralty Act. The court rejected the defendant's contention that the plaintiff's claim is an in personam claim, precluding an action in rem against the res. The court clarified that Section 14 of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code does not prohibit an action in rem or continuation of in rem proceedings against a maritime vessel. To affect an arrest under the Admiralty Act, the owner o.........