JIM ARNOLD CORP. v. HYDROTECH SYSTEMS, INC.

Nos. 95-1335, 95-1432.

109 F.3d 1567 (1997)

JIM ARNOLD CORPORATION, Earl E. Ennis, and James F. Arnold, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. HYDROTECH SYSTEMS, INC., Arkla, Inc., Diversified Energies, Inc., Minnegasco, Inc., Baker Hughes, Incorporated, Hughes Tool Company, Mohr Corp., Harvey O. Mohr, H.O. Mohr Research & Engineering, Inc., H.O. Mohr & Associates, Inc., Cal Dive International, Inc., Robert Wittman, H.S.I. Acquisition, Inc., Lee R. Larkin and Andrews & Kurth, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit.

Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing Declined May 22, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph W. Walker, Franklin, Mosele, & Walker, P.C., of Houston, Texas, argued for plaintiffs-appellants. With him on the brief was Thomas J. Mosele.

John Wayne Kitchens, Jr., Hughes, Watters & Askanase, L.L.P., of Houston, Texas, argued for defendants-appellees Hydrotech Systems, Inc., Robert Wittman, and H.S.I. Acquisition, Inc. Counsel on the brief was Rod Hardie.

Joseph L. McEntee, Jones, Day, Reavis & Pogue, of Dallas, Texas, for defendants-appellees Arkla, Inc., Diversified Energies, Inc., and Minnegasco, Inc. Of counsel was Scott W. Burt.

Glenn A. Ballard, Jr., Bracewell & Patterson, L.L.P., of Houston, Texas, argued for defendants-appellees Baker Hughes Incorporated, Hughes Tool Company, Inc., and Cal Dive International, Inc. With him on the brief was John H. Barr, Jr. Of counsel was Ralph E. Kraft, Preis, Kraft & Roy, of Lafayette, Louisiana.

Richard L. Josephson, Baker & Botts, L.L.P., of Houston, Texas, argued for defendants-appellees Lee R. Larkin and Andrews & Kurth. With him on the brief was Stephanie K. Copp.

Before PLAGER, Circuit Judge, SKELTON, Senior Circuit Judge, and SCHALL, Circuit Judge.


Rehearing Denied; Suggestion for Rehearing In Banc Declined May 22, 1997.*

PLAGER, Circuit Judge.

This case turns on the jurisdictional reach of federal courts when both state-based and federal-based claims are put at issue in a complaint. Plaintiffs appeal from a decision on the merits rendered in favor of all defendants by the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas. Plaintiffs originally filed their complaint...

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