PERUSAHAAN UMUM LISTRIK NEGARA v. M/V TEL AVIV

No. 82-2280.

711 F.2d 1231 (1983)

PERUSAHAAN UMUM LISTRIK NEGARA PUSAT, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M/V TEL AVIV, etc., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 15, 1983.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Martin B. Mulroy, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Alan Dale, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before GOLDBERG, GEE and RANDALL, Circuit Judges.


GEE, Circuit Judge:

In this dispute between parties of different foreign nationalities concerning a collision on the high seas, the sole relevant contact with the United States forum was the presence of the defendant ship in the port of Houston some two and one-half years after the collision. Nevertheless, the question before us is not whether the court had jurisdiction to decide the case, for it is well settled that the courts of this country have that power. The...

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