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BREATHWIT MARINE CONTRS. v. DELOACH MARINE SERVS.

Civil Action No. 3:13-CV-00169.

994 F.Supp.2d 845 (2014)

BREATHWIT MARINE CONTRACTORS, LTD., Plaintiff, v. DELOACH MARINE SERVICES, LLC, et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. Texas, Galveston Division.

January 16, 2014.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas R. Nork, Cameron Hatzel, Legge, Farrow, Kimmitt, McGrath & Brown, L.L.P., Houston, TX, for Plaintiff.

Aaron Greenbaum, Salvador J. Pusateri, Johnson Johnson Barrios Yacoubian, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant.

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

GREGG COSTA, District Judge.

This maritime collision case presents an issue on which surprisingly little case law exists within the Fifth Circuit: if a vessel begins a journey in Texas, and then commits a tort in another forum (in this case Louisiana), does the case "arise out of or relate to" the defendant's Texas contacts so that personal jurisdiction exists in this forum?

I. BACKGROUND

Plaintiff Breathwit...

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