BENJAMIN v. WESTERN BOAT BUILDING CORPORATION

No. 72-1058.

472 F.2d 723 (1973)

Edward B. BENJAMIN, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. WESTERN BOAT BUILDING CORPORATION, Defendant-Third-Party Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Roger McALEER, Third-Party Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied March 15, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lawrence L. McNamara, Hendrik Uiterwyk, New Orleans, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

William A. Porteous, III, New Orleans, La., for Edward B. Benjamin.

Alan Y. Cole, Washington, D. C., Gerard H. Schreiber, New Orleans, La., for third-party defendant-appellee.

Before RIVES, AINSWORTH and RONEY, Circuit Judges.


Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied March 15, 1973.

RONEY, Circuit Judge:

In this Louisiana diversity case, we are asked to determine whether the District Court was correct in asserting in personam jurisdiction over the defendant, and in denying in personam jurisdiction over the third-party defendant, under the state "long-arm" statute. Because we hold that the in-state activity of neither defendant was sufficient to satisfy the "minimum contacts...

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