PACIFIC ATLANTIC TRADING CO. v. M/V MAIN EXP.

No. 84-1719.

758 F.2d 1325 (1985)

PACIFIC ATLANTIC TRADING CO., INC., a corporation, Plaintiff, v. The M/V MAIN EXPRESS, her engines, tackle, machinery and equipment; Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengeselleschaft, a corporation, Defendants/Third-Party-Plaintiffs/Appellees, and C.F. Merchant Sdn. Bhd. and Kwong Yik Bank, Bhd., Third-Party/Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 22, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James R. Nebel, Graham & James, San Francisco, Cal., for defendants/third-party-plaintiffs/appellees.

John E. Droeger, Beverly D. Clement, Hall, Henry, Oliver & McReavy, San Francisco, Cal., for third-party/defendants-appellants.

Before KENNEDY, ALARCON and NELSON, Circuit Judges.


NELSON, Circuit Judge.

C.F. Merchant Sdn. Bhd. ("Merchant") and Kwong Yik Bank, Bhd. ("Bank") appeal from a district court order denying a motion to vacate a default judgment for lack of personal jurisdiction. Merchant and Bank were named as third-party defendants in an action by Pacific Atlantic Trading Co. ("PATCO") against Hapag-Lloyd Aktiengeselleschaft ("Hapag") based on admiralty and maritime jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1333(1) (1982). A default judgment...

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