LIM v. OFFSHORE SPECIALTY FABRICATORS, INC.

No. 03-30380.

404 F.3d 898 (2005)

Joselito Madriaga LIM, on behalf of himself and all other current and former employees of Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc., similarly situated; Adelito M. Aganon; Richard Agcaoili; Luis Agnabo; Antonio P. Alcantara; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, and Mario M. Cabanlit, on behalf of himself and all other current and former employees of Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc., similarly situated; Jimmy Gadlaw Lim, on behalf of himself and all other current and former employees of Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc., similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Intervenor Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. OFFSHORE SPECIALTY FABRICATORS, INC., Defendant-Intervenor Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 24, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William Steven Mannear (argued), Poynter, Mannear & Colomb, Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Cornelius R. Heusel, Jennifer Lynn Anderson (argued), Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Denegre, New Orleans, LA, for Offhore Specialty Fabricators, Inc.

Before WIENER, BARKSDALE and DENNIS, Circuit Judges.


RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:

In this 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) interlocutory appeal, Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc. (OSFI), challenges the denial of its motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for improper venue. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1), (b)(3). Plaintiff seamen are residents and citizens of the Philippines. Their international employment contracts at issue, controlled by the...

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