Alpine View Co Ltd v. Atlas Copco AB

205 F.3d 208

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
• Decided: July 7, 1999
• Docket: 97-20879
• Status: Published

Opinion

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS For the Fifth Circuit

No. 97-20879 Summary Calendar

ALPINE VIEW COMPANY LIMITED; BJORN HANSEN,

Plaintiffs-Appellants,

VERSUS

ATLAS COPCO A.B.; ATLAS COPCO ROBBINS; ATLAS COPCO COMPRESSORS INCORPORATED; AND ATLAS COPCO COMPTEC INCORPORATED,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas

August 20, 1998

Before EMILIO M. GARZA, DeMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM:

During the pendency of this appeal, our Court sitting en banc

decided Marathon Oil Co. v. A.G. Ruhrgas, No. 96-20361, 1998 WL

329842 (5th Cir. June 22, 1998) (en banc). The procedural

circumstances involved in this appeal are very similar to those

involved in Marathon Oil and our decision herein is controlled by

that en banc decision. Accordingly, we vacate the following orders entered in the

court below:

a. Memorandum and Recommendation entered under date of July

31, 1996 by the magistrate judge which recommended (i) that

defendant Atlas Copco AB’s motion to dismiss for lack of personal

jurisdiction (docket entry 22) be granted; (ii) that defendant

Atlas Copco Robbins’ motion to dismiss for lack of personal

jurisdiction (docket entry 26) be granted; and (iii) that

plaintiffs’ motion to remand this case (docket entry 16) be denied

as moot.

b. The Order of the district court entered on October 1,

1996 adopting the magistrate judge’s Memorandum and Recommendation

entered under date of July 31, 1996 as described in the foregoing

subparagraph;

c. The Memorandum and Recommendation entered under date of

August 1, 1996 by the magistrate judge which recommended that the

motions of defendants Atlas Copco Comptec, Inc. and Atlas Copco

Compressors, Inc. to dismiss for forum non conveniens (docket

entries 4 and 9) be granted; and

d. The Order of the district court entered under date of

October 1, 1996 adopting the magistrate judge’s Memorandum and

Recommendation entered under date of August 1, 1996 as described in

the foregoing subparagraph.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this case be remanded to the

2 district court for a determination as to whether the federal

district court has subject matter jurisdiction of the cause of

action as removed from the state court.