Legal Opinion
Leslie Canada v. Elvie Mathews
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 22, 1971No. 71-1711_1PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Per curiam
Leslie Canada appeals from an order of the District Court dismissing with prejudice his Jones Act suit against El-vie and Buford Mathews, Glen Trimper and M. J. Seals. We vacate that order and remand for a dismissal without prejudice of the action against Mathews, Mathews and Trimper and for such further proceedings as may be appropriate in connection with the defendant Seals.
Since none of the defendants were residents of the district in which the suit was filed, Canada’s attorney attempted to obtain service of process under the Florida “Long Arm” statutes 1 by filing the requisite papers…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- Link v. Wabash RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1962
- Albert Flaksa v. Little River Marine Construction Co., Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1968
- Clayton E. Durham v. Florida East Coast Railway CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1967
- Powell v. Committee on Admissions & Grievances of the United States District Court for the District of ColumbiaSupreme Court of the United States · 1968
- Ouida J. Weissinger A/K/A Ouida Boyd and Mrs. George Boyd v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by19 opinions
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- M.M. v. ZavarasCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1998
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- Barber v. America's Wholesale LenderDistrict Court, M.D. Florida · 2013
- Ellis Gaspard and Opal Gaspard v. United States of America, Dennis Ronald Sheehan and Nellie Katherine Sheehan, Husband and Wife v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
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