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FARNHAM v. BRISTOW HELICOPTERS, INC.

No. 84-3866.

776 F.2d 535 (1985)

Venona Lee Childs FARNHAM, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BRISTOW HELICOPTERS, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 15, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Webre & Camarata, Kerry P. Camarata, Gerald P. Webre, Thibodaux, La., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, Howard Daigle, Jr., Stephen P. Hall, New Orleans, La., for Bristow Helicopters, Inc.

R.K. Christovich, New Orleans, La., for Bell.

William V. Dalfres, Jr., New Orleans, La., for Avco.

Before GOLDBERG, JOLLY, and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

OPINION

PATRICK E. HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judge:

We determine today that Louisiana courts will insist upon a nexus between business transacted in the state and an asserted claim as a prerequisite to the exercise of in personam jurisdiction under that state's long-arm statute.

I

Bristow Helicopters, Limited, is a corporation organized under the laws of the United Kingdom. P.T. Masayu Helicopters is an Indonesian corporation. Bristow Helicopters...

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