FRANCOSTEEL CORP. v. M/V CHARM

No. 93-8957.

19 F.3d 624 (1994)

FRANCOSTEEL CORPORATION, Unimetal-Normandy, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. M/V CHARM, her engines, boilers, tackle, furniture, apparel, etc., in rem, P/R Tiki, Mortensen & Lange, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

April 22, 1994.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Edwin D. Robb, Jr., Bouhan, Williams & Levy, Walter Charlton Hartridge, II, Carlton Edward Joyce, Savannah, GA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

Robert Strudwick Glenn, Jr., Hunter, Maclean, Exley & Dunn, Savannah, GA, Mark C. Flavin, Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, Michael A. Bilavsky, James H. Hohenstein, New York City, for defendants-appellees.

Before HATCHETT and DUBINA, Circuit Judges, and ESCHBACH, Senior Circuit Judge.


DUBINA, Circuit Judge:

Appellants-plaintiffs Francosteel Corporation ("Francosteel") and Unimetal-Normandie ("Unimetal") appeal the district court's judgment of dismissal of their lawsuit for lack of in personam jurisdiction over appellees-defendants M/V Charm ("the Charm"), P/R Tiki ("Tiki"), and Mortensen & Lange ("Mortensen").

I. FACTUAL BACKGROUND

Francosteel is a corporation organized...

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