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NuStar Energy Services Inc. v. ING Bank N.V.

Petition for certiorari dismissed pursuant to Rule 46 on October 17, 2019

Docket No.18-1211
Op. Below5th Cir.

Issue

Whether a party that physically supplies a vessel with fuel or other necessaries possesses a statutory maritime lien when the vessel owner or its authorized agent ordered those necessaries and directed the supplier to provide them, regardless of contractual relationships between the vessel owner and intermediate parties.

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