SAUDI v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORP.

No. 04-2444.

427 F.3d 271 (2005)

Captain Sheriff SAUDI, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION; Newport News Shipbuilding, Incorporated; Keppel Group Corporation, d/b/a Keppel Offshore & Marine, Limited, d/b/a Keppel Shipyard (Pte), Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided October 26, 2005.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Joe Alfred Izen, Jr., Bellaire, Texas, for Appellant. Roy Grant Decker, Jr., Miles & Stockbridge, McLean, Virginia; John Morgan Ryan, Vendeventer Black, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellees. ON BRIEF: William L. Stauffer, Jr., Miles & Stockbridge, McLean, Virginia, for Appellees Northrop Grumman Corporation and Newport News Shipbuilding, Incorporated; Katharina K. Brekke, Vandeventer Black, L.L.P., Norfolk, Virginia, for Appellee Keppel Group Corporation, dba Keppel Offshore & Marine, Limited, dba Keppel Shipyard (Pte), Ltd.

Before WILKINSON and WILLIAMS, Circuit Judges, and HAMILTON, Senior Circuit Judge.


Affirmed by published opinion. Judge WILKINSON wrote the opinion, in which Judge WILLIAMS and Senior Judge HAMILTON joined.

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge.

Captain Sheriff Saudi brings this admiralty action seeking recovery for a personal injury on the high seas. Saudi's suit against the Keppel Group Corporation was dismissed for lack of personal jurisdiction. His suit against Newport News Shipbuilding and Drydock Company and the Northrop Grumman Corporation proceeded...

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