Applying choice-of-law principles of Restatement Second and governmental interest analysis in admiralty contract case, Eleventh Circuit rules that district court erred in applying United States law rather than law of Greece. From: International Law Update | Date: May 1, 2006 | COPYRIGHT 2006 Transnational Law Associates. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Dresdner Bank AG in Hamburg, Kreditandstalt fuer Wiederaufbau, and Norddeutsche Landesbank-Girozentrale (the Banks) filed a complaint in a Florida federal court in rem against the M/V OLYMPIA VOYAGER a 157.90 meter Blohm Voss GmbH motor vessel, Hull No. 961, her engines, tackle equipment, rigging, dinghies, furniture, appurtenances, etc., (the Vessel), a Greek-flagged passenger cruise vessel, to foreclose a preferred ship mortgage on a foreign vessel. The Banks also filed an in per...

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