Opinion
No. 2006 CA 0829.
June 8, 2007.
APPEALED FROM THE 19TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT, IN AND FOR THE PARISH OF EAST BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA TRIAL COURT NO. 507,714 THE HONORABLE WILLIAM A. MORVANT.
JAMES R. LEWIS, CATHERINE S. ST. PIERRE, MARY G. ERLINGSON MICHAEL W. McKAY, MICHAEL D. LUTGRING, BATON ROUGE, LA, ATTORNEYS FOR PLAINTIFF/APPELLANT, TRANS PACIFIC INTERACTIVE, INC.
H. ALSTON JOHNSON, III, MICHAEL D. HUNT, JANE A. ROBERT, BATON ROUGE, LA, ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE, JAMES K. GABLE.
MICHAEL P. FRUG BATON ROUGE, LA, DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES, ATTORNEY FOR DATEX SPECTRUM, LLC, CLAY M. ALLEN, AND JOHN L. BROUSSARD.
BRIAN D. KATZ, NEW ORLEANS, LA AND RICHARD J. OPARIL, WASHINGTON, D.C., ATTORNEYS FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE STEPHEN D. GAVIN.
PAUL H. SPAHT, BATON ROUGE, LA, ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANT/APPELLEE CHARLES BRUCE.
STEPHEN D. MARX, METAIRIE, LA, ATTORNEY FOR DEFENDANTS/APPELLEES, K. STEVEN ROBERTS AND DONALD M. CLARKE.
BEFORE: PETTIGREW, DOWNING, AND HUGHES, JJ. PETTIGREW, J.
In this case, plaintiff appeals a trial court judgment sustaining the defendants' declinatory exceptions raising the objection of lack of personal jurisdiction and dismissing the plaintiff's claims against James K. Gable and Charles M. Bruce without prejudice. The sole issue for our review is whether a Louisiana court can exercise personal jurisdiction over Mr. Gable and Mr. Bruce in this matter.
After a thorough review of the record and relevant jurisprudence, we find that the recent supreme court case, Southeast Wireless Network, Inc. v. U.S. Telemetry Corp., 2006-1736 (La. 4/11/07), ____So.2d ____, is controlling precedent. Thus, we reverse the trial court's judgment and remand the matter to the trial court for further proceedings. All costs of this appeal are assessed against defendants, James K. Gable and Charles M. Bruce. REVERSED AND REMANDED.
This summary disposition is issued in compliance with Uniform Rules-Courts of Appeal Rule 2-16.2A(2).