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PREJEAN v. SONATRACH, INC.

No. 79-3356.

652 F.2d 1260 (1981)

Mary Jean PREJEAN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SONATRACH, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit. Unit A

August 13, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Baron & Cowley, Frederick M. Baron, Russell Wills Budd, Dallas, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Vinson & Elkins, Louis E. McCarter, David H. Brown, Houston, Tex., for Sonatrach, Inc.

Richard H. Caldwell, Gerald L. Bracht, Houston, Tex., for Beech Aircraft Corp.

George N. Tompkins, Jr., Condon & Forsyth, Thomas J. Whalen and Lawrence Mentz, New York City, Alan S. Dale, Houston, Tex., for Air Algerie.

Helene Allan Alt, Houston, Tex., for Continental Ins. Co.

Before WISDOM, RUBIN and SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judges.

SAM D. JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

The widows in this diversity suit for wrongful death appeal from the district court order dismissing all three defendants for lack of personal jurisdiction. This Court affirms in part and in part reverses and remands the dismissal.

The two decedents1 were employed by a Dallas engineering firm that allegedly entered into a contract with defendant Sonatrach, Inc., the Algerian national oil company,...

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