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SUBMERSIBLE SYS. v. PERFORADORA CENTRAL

No. 99-60591.

249 F.3d 413 (2001)

Submersible Systems, Inc., Plaintiff/Appellee/Cross-Appellant, v. Perforadora Central, S.A. de C.V., Defendant/Appellant/Cross-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised May 16, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael H. Bagot, Jr. (argued), Thomas Arnoult Rayer, Jr., Wagner & Bagot, New Orleans, LA, David Wallace Stewart, Bryant, Clark, Dukes, Blakeslee, Ramsay & Hammond, Gulfport, MS, for Submersible Systems, Inc.

Neal D. Hobson (argued), Benjamin O. Schupp, Sergio Alarcon, Milling, Benson, Woodward, Hillyer, Pierson & Miller, New Orleans, LA, Raymond L. Brown, Watt & Buchanan, Biloxi, MS, for Perforadora Central.

Mack E. Barham, Travis Louis Bourgeois, Barham & Arceneaux, New Orleans, LA, for Government of the United Mexican States, Secretariat of Foreign Affairs, Amicus Curiae.

Before FARRIS, JOLLY, and DAVIS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Submersible Systems, Inc. ("SSI") sued Perforadora Central, S.A. de C.V. ("Central") in the Southern District of Mississippi for the conversion of some of its equipment aboard a vessel owned by Central while that vessel was docked in a Mexican port. Following a bench trial, the district court awarded SSI more than $4.25 million in damages. Because the district court did not have personal jurisdiction over Central, we vacate the judgment...

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