Legal Opinion
Meier Ex Rel. Meier v. Sun International Hotels, Ltd.
Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Decided April 19, 2002No. 01-14431PublishedCited by 339 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RESTANI, Judge:
Plaintiffs-Appellants (hereinafter “Plaintiffs”) appeal the district court’s dismissal of their complaint for lack of personal jurisdiction over several Bahamian corporations as well as the.district court’s order denying reconsideration of that dismissal. Defendants-Appellees request that the court affirm the district court or, in the alternative, dismiss for forum non conve-niens. Because we find that the federal district court in Florida may properly assert personal jurisdiction over defendants-appellees, we REVERSE and REMAND.
I. BACKGROUND
In 1999, Plaintiffs were vacationing…
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