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MARINECHANCE SHIPPING, LTD. v. SEBASTIAN

No. 97-30844.

143 F.3d 216 (1998)

MARINECHANCE SHIPPING, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Fernando SEBASTIAN; Raul Galedo, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 22, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David B. Lawton, Gerald Martin Baca, Larry R. DeBuys, IV, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancy, New Orleans, LA, Plaintiff-Appellee.

David C. Vidrine, Richard J. Dodson, Dodson & Vidrine, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellant.

Before WISDOM, HIGGINBOTHAM, and JONES, Circuit Judges.

WISDOM, Senior Circuit Judge:

Fernando Sebastian and Raul Galedo ("the seamen") filed this admiralty suit against Marinechance Shipping Ltd. (Marinechance) seeking damages for injuries incurred while aboard the M/V ELLISPONTOS. In a carefully reasoned and well-researched decision, district Judge Feldman granted Marinechance's motion for a partial summary declaratory judgment, finding that the forum selection clauses in the seamen's contracts required their causes...

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