Cards v. United Card Co‪.‬

These actions, consolidated on appeal, are two of at least seven related cases filed in the District Court of Guam, sitting in admiralty, arising out of the misfortunes of the M/S Galveston Navigator. Appellants, American Bank of Wage Claims (American Bank) and National Western Life Insurance Company (National Western), appeal from orders of the trial court relating to the assignment of priority to admiralty claims and the payment of those claims in the order of their assigned priority, to appellants financial loss. Appellee, the United States, in addition to direct response to the appeals, has moved under Fed.R.App.P. 27 to dismiss these consolidated appeals for lack of in rem jurisdiction. Appellees motion to dismiss was consolidated for argument with the hearing on the appeals.