Zolt Sabo v. Carnival Corporation

PROCTOR, District Judge:

Today, we consider whether Carnival Corporation & PLC, which is a dual-listed company — i.e., a corporate structure that joins separate corporations in a common economic enterprise, while allowing the corporations to maintain their individual legal identities — is properly suable under the laws of Florida in this action. After careful review and with the benefit of oral argument, we conclude that it is not. We therefore affirm the district court’s dismissal of this lawsuit.

I. The Pleadings and Dismissal Below

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