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WILLIAMSON v. RECOVERY LTD. PARTNERSHIP

Docket Nos. 07-0548-cv(L), 07-0746-cv(XAP).

542 F.3d 43 (2008)

Michael WILLIAMSON, Estate of Don C. Craft, Kirk O'Donnell, John Lettow, Timothy McGinnis, Fred Newton, William Watson, Chris Hancock, Dale Schoeneman, and International Deep Sea Survey, Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants, v. RECOVERY LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Columbus Exploration, LLC, Columbus-America Discovery Group, Inc., Omni Engineering, Inc., Omni Engineering of Ohio, Inc., Economic Zone Resource Associates, Economic Zone Resource Associates, Ltd., EZRA, Inc., EZRA of Ohio, Inc., Econ Engineering Associates, Inc., Doe E., Inc., Thomas G. Thompson, Gilman D. Kirk, James F. Turner, Michael J. Ford, and W. Arthur Cullman, Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: August 22, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William M. Mattes, Dinsmore & Shohl, LLP, Columbus, OH, and William G. Ballaine, Landman Corsi Ballaine & Ford, P.C., New York, NY, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Thompson, Kirk, Turner, Ford and Cullman.

Richard T. Robol and Melanie L. Frankel, Robol Law Office, LPA, Columbus, OH, for Defendants-Appellants-Cross-Appellees Recovery Limited Partnership, Columbus Exploration, LLC, Columbus-America Discovery Group, Inc., Columbus Exploration Limited Partnership, Omni Engineering, Inc., Omni Engineering of Ohio, Inc., Economic Zone Resource Associates, Economic Zone Resource Associates, Ltd., EZRA, Inc., EZRA of Ohio, Inc., Econ Engineering Associates, Inc., Doe E., Inc.

James T. Shirley, Jr. and Michael J. Frevola, Holland & Knight, LLP, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

Before: CARDAMONE, MINER, and POOLER, Circuit Judges.

POOLER, Circuit Judge:

On March 31, 2006, Plaintiffs filed a civil action in the Court of Common Pleas for Franklin County, Ohio, arising out of the same set of facts and circumstances as in this case. On April 24, 2006, Defendants removed the suit to the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio on the ground that the dispute was over a maritime contract and thus was governed by federal law. On July 28...

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