CROMPTON CORP. v. CLARIANT CORP.

CIVIL ACTION NO. 01-84-B-M2.

221 F.Supp.2d 683 (2002)

CROMPTON CORPORATION, v. CLARIANT CORPORATION, et al.

United States District Court, M.D. Louisiana.

August 9, 2002.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce Victor Schewe, Phelps, Dunbar, L.L.P., New Orleans, LA, Michael D. Hunt, Jane H. Barney, Phelps, Dunbar, LLP, Baton Rouge, LA, for Crompton Corp.

R. Shanti Bright Brien, Peragine & Neill, L.L.C., Covington, LA, Phillip A. Wittmann, Stephanie D. Mark Raymond Beebe, Edward J. Rice, Jr., Adams & Reese, LLP, New Orleans, LA, Eddy Manuel Quijano, John B. Davis, II, Amy Collier Lambert, Daniel G. Swanson, D. Jarrett Arp, Robert J. Borthwick, Jacqueline E. Coleman, Stephen C. McKenna, Adams & Reese, Baton Rouge, LA, Daniel G. Swanson, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Los Angeles, CA, D. Jarrett Arp, Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, LLP, Washington, DC, for AKZO Nobel Chemicals, Inc.

Davis Bradford Allgood, Antonio D. Robinson, Ryan Estes Johnson, Margaret M. Zwisler, Edward B. Schwartz, Charles E. Graf, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, Baton Rouge, LA, for Atofina Cehemicals, Inc.

James D. Miller, Dina A. DeFalco, Herbert S. Washer, Haley Fabricant, Jeffrey H. Drichta, Kantrow, Lee C. Kantrow, William Scott Keaty, Kantrow, Spaht, Weaver & Blitzer, Baton Rouge, LA, for Daicel Chemical.

Larry Michael Roedel, Carlton Jones, III, Roedel, Parsons, Koch, Frost, Balhoff & McCollister, Baton Rouge, LA, James F. Lerner, Weil, Gotshal, & Manges LLP, New York, NY, for Denak Co. Ltd.


RULING

POLOZOLA, Chief Judge.

This matter is before the Court on the Motions to Dismiss for Lack of Personal Jurisdiction filed by the defendant Atofina, S.A.1 and the putative defendant Daicel Chemical Industries, Inc.2 For the reasons which follow, the motions are DENIED.

I. Law and Analysis

Under the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a federal court may exercise personal jurisdiction...

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