WORLD TANKER CARRIERS CORP. v. MV YA MAWLAYA

No. 96-30095.

99 F.3d 717 (1996)

WORLD TANKER CARRIERS CORP., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MV YA MAWLAYA, her engines, boilers, tackle, furniture, apparel, etc., in rem, et al., Defendants. Kara Mara Shipping Company Limited; Holbud Ship Management, Ltd.; Holbud Ltd.; Hydery (P) Ltd., in personam; Vestman Shipping Co., Sperex Shipping Company, Limited; SNP Ship Management and Consultation Bureau of Bombay; SNP Shipping Service Private Limited; Roshanali Merali Roshanali Rajabali Dewji; Hasnain Merali; Shaukat A. Merali, Defendants-Appellees. CIRPRIANO B., Plaintiff, v. NEW WORLD MT, her engines, boilers, tackle, furniture, apparel, etc., in rem, et al., Defendants. CEREOL ITALIA SRL, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MV YA MAWLAYA, her engines, boilers, tackle, etc., et al., Defendants. Salome de Guia ENRIQUEZ; Marisusa A. Recana, individually, as widow and administratrix of the succession of Solito S. Recana and as guardian/natural tutrix of the minor children, April A. Recana, Jenny-Lynn A. Recana and Caroline A. Recana; Corazon C. Amulong, individually, as widow and administratrix of the succession of Felix C. Amulong and as guardian/natural tutrix of the minor children Alexander Amulong & Alexis Amulong; Conrado A. Mendoza, individually and as administrator of the succession of his son, Edmundo Mendoza; Felicidad A. Mendoza, mother of Edmundo Mendoza; Arlene Manzanida, individually, as widow and administratrix of the succession of Noli Manzanida and as guardian/natural tutrix of the minor children, Krishna Manzanida, Krishtian Ace Manzanida & Krizhzar Manzanida, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. WORLD TANKER CARRIERS CORP., et al., Defendants. Arlene Manzanida, individually, as widow and administratrix of the succession of Noli Manzanida, and as guardian/natural tutrix of the minor children, Krishna Manzanida, Krishtian Ace Manzanida and Krizhzar Manzanida, et al., Claimants, Cereol Italia, SRL, Claimant-Appellant, Cipriano B. Dela Cruz, Claimant-Appellant, Kara Mara Shipping Company, Ltd., as Disponent Owner of the M/V Ya Mawlaya, Petitioner. Lorena A. SUMBI, individually as widow and administratrix of the succession of Emilio V. Sumbi, and as guardian/natural tutrix of the minor children, Ramil A. Sumbi and Emmanuel A. Sumbi, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. WORLD TANKER CARRIERS CORP., et al., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

November 14, 1996.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Antonio J. Rodriguez, Mary Campbell Hubbard, Alanson Trigg Chenault, IV, Rice Fowler, New Orleans, LA, Brian D. Starer, James Theo Shirley, Jr., Haight, Gardner, Poor & Havens, New York City, for World Tanker Carriers Corp., plaintiff-appellant.

Before HIGGINBOTHAM, DUHÉ and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


DUHÉ, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellant World Tanker Carriers Corp. appeals the district court's dismissal of its maritime law claim against Defendants-Appellees M/V Ya Mawlaya, et al.1 for want of personal jurisdiction. The court held that Appellant could not assert personal jurisdiction over Appellees pursuant to either the Louisiana long-arm statute or Fed.R.Civ.P. 4(k)(2). Because we conclude that the district court erred...

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