Legal Opinion
Steven J. Charia v. Cigarette Racing Team, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 3, 1978No. 76-4199PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RONEY, Circuit Judge:
In this Louisiana diversity case, involving the purchase of a boat by a Louisiana resident from a Florida boatbuilder, the issue on appeal is whether the district court erred in dismissing the complaint on the ground there were insufficient “minimum contacts” to justify personal jurisdiction over the Florida boatbuilder under the Louisiana long-arm statute. The facts and contacts in the present case are almost identical to those in Benjamin v. Western Boat Building Corp., 472 F.2d 723 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 414 U.S. 830, 94 S.Ct. 60, 38 L.Ed.2d 64 (1973), where we…
2Cases cited14 opinions
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- Burton v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Vencedor Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. Gougler Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1977
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