CHATTEM CHEMICALS v. AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS B.V.

No. CIV.A. 02-746-B-M2.

229 F.Supp.2d 555 (2002)

CHATTEM CHEMICALS, INC., v. AKZO NOBEL CHEMICALS B.V., et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

October 24, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Darnell Bludworth, James M. Garner, Peter L. Hilbert, Jr., Sher, Garner, Cahill, Richter, Klein, McAlister & Hilbert, LLC, New Orleans, LA, Murray J. Laulicht, Janet R. Bosi, Pitney, Hardin, Kipp & Szuch, Morristown, NJ, for Plaintiff.

Mark Raymond Beebe, Adams & Reese, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Eddy Manuel Quijano, Amy Collier Lambert, Adams & Reese, Baton Rouge, LA, Daniel G. Swanson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Los Angeles, CA, D. Jarrett Arp, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher LLP, Washington, DC, Davis Bradford Allgood, Ryan Estes Johnson, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendants.


RULING

POLOZOLA, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the court on defendants' ATOFINA S.A. and Elf Atochem S.A. Motion to Dismiss or in the Alternative to Quash Service of Plaintiff's Complaint.1 For the reasons which follow, the motions are denied.

I. Hague Convention Procedures

Defendants argue that the service made on them under Article 10(a) of the Hague Convention2

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