Legal Opinion
Tankship International, LLC v. El Paso Merchant Energy-Petroleum Co.
District Court, D. Connecticut
Decided April 28, 2006No. 3:04CV753 (JBA)PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
RULING ON MOTION TO DISMISS FOR LACK OF SUBJECT MATTER JURISDICTION [DOC. # 47]
ARTERTON, District Judge.
In this case arising from an alleged maritime brokerage contract, defendants El Paso Merchant Energy-Petroleum Company and El Paso Corporation (collectively “El Paso”) move to dismiss the complaint of plaintiff Tankship International, LLC (“Tankship”) for lack of federal admiralty jurisdiction. See [Doc. # 47]. For the reasons that follow, defendants’ motion is granted.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
Plaintiff filed the original complaint in this case on May 5, 2004, invoking this…
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