Legal Opinion
McKeithen Ex Rel. McKeithen v. the M/T Frosta
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided June 30, 1977No. Civ. A. 76-3251, 76-3275 and 76-3654PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ALVIN B. RUBIN, District Judge:
A non-resident maritime liability insurer has filed a motion to quash service and dismiss this diversity action for lack of jurisdiction on the basis that the State of Louisiana has not by statute asserted personal jurisdiction over, and has provided no method for service of process on, a non-resident insurer that in the regular course of its business insures vessels entering Louisiana waters against liability but does not solicit business, deliver policies or maintain an office in Louisiana.
Important consequences flow from the resolution of this question. If…
2Cases cited26 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- International Shoe Co. v. WashingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1945
- Hanson v. DencklaSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- McGee v. International Life InsuranceSupreme Court of the United States · 1957
- Harold Noel Arrowsmith, Jr. v. United Press InternationalCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1963
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3Cited by10 opinions
- Jones v. MFA Mut. Ins. Co.Louisiana Court of Appeal · 1981
- Psarianos v. Standard Marine, Ltd., Inc.District Court, E.D. Texas · 1989
- Travelers Indemnity Co. v. Calvert Fire InsuranceCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Adams v. Unione Mediterranea Di SicurtaDistrict Court, E.D. Louisiana · 2002
- Magnus Maritec International, Inc. v. SS St. PanteleimonDistrict Court, S.D. Texas · 1978
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