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ACOSTA v. MASTER MAINTENANCE AND CONST. INC.

No. 05-30126.

452 F.3d 373 (2006)

Ken ACOSTA; et al., Plaintiffs, Henry Chiro, Sr.; Jacqueline B. Chiro; Zachary Smith, III, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MASTER MAINTENANCE AND CONSTRUCTION INC.; et al., Defendants, Master Maintenance and Construction Inc.; Georgia Gulf Corp.; Payne & Keller Company Inc.; Lexington Insurance Co.; Louisiana Intrastate Gas Co.; LA Intrastate Gas Corp.; Hydrochem Industrial Services Inc.; LIG Liquids Co.; Equitable Resources Inc.; Associated Electric & Gas Insurance Services Ltd., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 8, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Souren Abdalian (argued), New Orleans, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Luis A. Leitzelar (argued), Joell Margaret Keller, Breazeale, Sachse & Wilson, Baton Rouge, LA, F. Barry Marionneaux, Marionneaux & Marionneaux, Plaquemine, LA, for Master Maintenance and Const. Inc., Georgia Gulf Corp., Payne & Keller Co. Inc., Lexington Ins. Co. and Hydrochem Indus. Services Inc.

Hal C. Welch, Lemle & Kelleher, New Orleans, LA, for Louisiana Intrastate Gas Co., LA Intrastate Gas Corp. and LIG Liquids Co.

D. Russell Holwadel, Adams, Hoefer, Holwadel & Eldridge, New Orleans, LA, for Associated Elec. & Gas Ins. Services Ltd.

Before JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM and SMITH, Circuit Judges.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

The United States is a party to the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards ("Convention"), which Congress has implemented at 9 U.S.C. § 201, et seq. ("Convention Act"). Among the Convention Act's provisions are jurisdictional grants giving the federal district courts original and removal jurisdiction over cases related to arbitration agreements falling under the Convention. This appeal asks...

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