AMOCO EGYPT OIL CO. v. LEONIS NAV. CO., INC.

No. 91-35978.

1 F.3d 848 (1993)

AMOCO EGYPT OIL COMPANY; Egyptian General Petroleum Corporation, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. LEONIS NAVIGATION COMPANY, INC., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 28, 1993.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis P. Sheinbaum, Waesche, Sheinbaum & O'Regan, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Graydon S. Staring, Lillick & Charles, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee.

Before: BOOCHEVER, THOMPSON, and KLEINFELD, Circuit Judges.


BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judge:

This is an appeal from the district court's dismissal of an action against a foreign corporation for lack of personal jurisdiction. We affirm.

BACKGROUND

The Panay Sampaguita, a ship sailing from Singapore to France, collided with an oil platform in Egyptian waters. The ship was owned by a Panamanian corporation and bareboat chartered1 by Leonis Navigation ("Leonis"), a Philippine corporation...

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