Legal Opinion
Richard J. Dodson v. Spiliada Maritime Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 2, 1992No. 90-3579PublishedCited by 251 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POLITZ, Circuit Judge:
Richard J. Dodson, a lawyer, appeals the dismissal of his claims against a lawyer and a law firm. We find no basis for federal jurisdiction and, accordingly, vacate and remand with instructions.
Background
The genesis of the present litigation is Dodson’s attempted legal representation of five Filipino seamen. The seamen each hired Dodson in a wage dispute with their employer, Spiliada Maritime Corporation. Spiliada Maritime owned the M/Y SPILIA-DA, a Liberian-registered vessel which called at the port of New Orleans in July 1989. While in New Orleans the five seamen and…
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