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TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA v. OCEAN WORLD, S.A.

No. 4D08-4374.

12 So.3d 788 (2009)

The TRUSTEES OF COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN the CITY OF NEW YORK d/b/a Columbia University, Appellant, v. OCEAN WORLD, S.A., Richard O'Barry a/k/a Ric O'Barry, Earth Island Institute, Inc., a foreign corporation, Diana Reiss, Ph.D., Emory University and Lori Marino, Appellees.

District Court of Appeal of Florida, Fourth District.

Rehearing Denied July 10, 2009.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Matthew Triggs, Gary W. Kovacs and Ronald J. Tomassi, Jr., Proskauer Rose LLP, Boca Raton, and Steven E. Obus, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, NY, for appellant.

Alexander Penalta and Colleen M. Stiger of Penalta & Stiger, P.A., Boca Raton, for appellee Ocean World, S.A.

GROSS, C.J.

We reverse the circuit court's order denying defendant Columbia University's motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. We hold that there is not personal jurisdiction under either subsections 48.193(1)(c) or (2), Florida Statutes (2007).

Ocean World, S.A., a foreign corporation, operates Ocean World Adventure Park in the Dominican Republic. In 2006, Ocean World contracted with Michael Briggs to purchase 12 dolphins from Taiji, Japan...

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