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FORTIS CORPORATE INS. v. VIKEN SHIP MANAGEMENT

No. 05-3792.

450 F.3d 214 (2006)

FORTIS CORPORATE INSURANCE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VIKEN SHIP MANAGEMENT, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided and Filed: June 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: David T. Maloof, Maloof, Browne & Eagan, Rye, New York, for Appellant. Henry E. Billingsley, II, Tucker, Ellis & West, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: David T. Maloof, Maloof, Browne & Eagan, Rye, New York, for Appellant. Henry E. Billingsley, II, Tucker, Ellis & West, Cleveland, Ohio, for Appellee.

Before: SUTTON and GRIFFIN, Circuit Judges; OBERDORFER, District Judge.

OPINION

OBERDORFER, District Judge.

In this maritime shipping case, we consider whether the district court properly ruled that it lacked personal jurisdiction over defendants-appellants Viken Lakers A/S and Viken Ship Management A/S ("VSM"). These two Norwegian companies own and manage a fleet of ocean-going cargo vessels. In 1998, defendants entered a Time Charter Agreement with FedNav International (a Canadian company). The agreement chartered to FedNav...

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