SEA LIFT, INC. v. REFINADORA COSTARRICENSE

No. 85-5167.

792 F.2d 989 (1986)

SEA LIFT, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. REFINADORA COSTARRICENSE DE PETROLEO, S.A., a foreign corporation, referred to as Recope, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

June 27, 1986.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Arthur Roth, Miami, Fla., for defendant-appellant.

C. Douglas Skinner, Jay M. Levy, Hershoff and Levy, P.A., Miami, Fla., for plaintiff-appellee.

Before GODBOLD, Chief Judge, FAY, Circuit Judge, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.


Corrected.

GODBOLD, Chief Judge:

This breach of contract case was tried in SD Florida. It was brought by a Florida plaintiff against a Costa Rican defendant and arose out of a contract to be performed by plaintiff for defendant in Costa Rica. The district court, 601 F.Supp. 457, held that its exercise of in personam jurisdiction over the defendant did not exceed the limits of due process. We hold to the contrary and...

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