Legal Opinion
Lim v. Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided March 24, 2005No. 03-30380PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RHESA HAWKINS BARKSDALE, Circuit Judge:
In this 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) interlocutory appeal, Offshore Specialty Fabricators, Inc. (OSFI), challenges the denial of its motions to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction and for improper venue. See Fed.R.CivP. 12(b)(1), (b)(3). Plaintiff seamen are residents and citizens of the Philippines. Their international employment contracts at issue, controlled by the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, 10 June 1958, 21 U.S.T. 2517, T.I.A.S. No. 6997, 330 U.N.T.S. 38, reprinted in 9 U.S.C.A. § 201 note…
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