JLM INDUSTRIES, INC. v. STOLT-NIELSEN SA

Nos. 03-7683(L), 03-7913(CON).

387 F.3d 163 (2004)

JLM INDUSTRIES, INC., JLM International, Inc., JLM Industries (Europe) BV, JLM Europe BV, and Tolson Holland, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. STOLT-NIELSEN SA, Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd., Odfjell ASA, Odfjell USA, Inc., Jo Tankers BV, Jo Tankers, Inc., and Tokyo Marine Co. Ltd., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: October 26, 2004.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

J. Douglas Richards (Michael M. Buchman, on the brief), Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, Eric D. Grayson, Grayson & Associates, P.C., Greenwich, CT. for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Christopher M. Curran (J. Mark Gidley and Peter J. Carney, on the brief), White & Case LLP, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants Stolt-Nielsen SA and Stolt-Nielsen Transportation Group Ltd.

Steven F. Cherry, Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, McLean, VA, William J. Kolasky (Edward C. DuMont, on the brief), Wilmer, Cutler & Pickering, Washington, D.C., for Defendants-Appellants Odfjell ASA and Odfjell USA, Inc.

Robert A. White (C. Donald Neville, on the brief), Murtha Cullina LLP, Hartford, CT, for Defendants-Appellants Jo Tankers BV and Jo Tankers, Inc.

Sheila A. Huddleston (Paul D. Sanson, on the brief), Shipman & Goodwin LLP, Hartford, CT, for Defendant-Appellant Tokyo Marine Co., Ltd.


POOLER, SOTOMAYOR, and WESLEY, Circuit Judges.

POOLER, Circuit Judge.

BACKGROUND

The named plaintiffs in this putative class action (collectively referred to hereinafter as "JLM"), are affiliated corporations which, according to the amended complaint, are "in the business of shipping, buying, selling and trading chemicals in bulk. The chemicals in bulk are shipped via parcel tankers to and from ports in the United States and to and from international...

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