Frank Howell Seay

Agape Flights, Inc. v. Covington Aircraft Engines, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2011-01-12 · cited 4×

This case involves third-party claims for negligence, contribution, and indemnification against Banyan Air Service, Inc., arising from the 2007 crash of a Cessna aircraft in the Bahamas due to an alleged engine fuel pump failure. The claims were brought by Covington Aircraft Engines, Inc., Pratt & Whitney Canada Corporation, and Hamilton Sundstrand Corporation after the plane's owner, Agape Flights, Inc., sued them over the loss of the aircraft. Banyan, a Florida-based fixed-base operator that had serviced the engine while it was rented to another customer, moved to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction. The court granted the motion, holding that Banyan's limited contacts with Oklahoma (Covington's home state) were too attenuated and not purposefully directed at the forum to support either general or specific personal jurisdiction.

proceduretorts & liability

Alexander v. Salazar

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2010-09-13

This case involves plaintiff Jonathon Alexander, a father whose parental rights were terminated by the Choctaw Nation's Court of Indian Appeals after guardians petitioned to adopt his two children while he was incarcerated. Alexander sought a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction in federal district court to halt the adoptions and restore his rights, arguing issues with the transition from CFR courts to the Choctaw Tribal Court and lack of due process. The court dismissed the action, concluding it lacked subject matter jurisdiction over the dispute. The core reasoning was that the undisputed facts showed no basis for federal court intervention in the tribal court proceedings.

family lawcivil rightsfederal power

Eakle v. Grinnell Corp.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2003-06-11 · cited 3×

Pierce v. Kellogg, Brown & Root, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2003-02-07 · cited 14×

Local 514, Transport Workers of America v. Keating

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2002-06-05 · cited 11×

Woodruff v. United States

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2002-01-23

Heavener v. Meyers

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2001-08-31 · cited 1×

Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma v. United States

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2001-06-25 · cited 22×

Leopard v. United States

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 2001-01-29 · cited 5×

Graves v. Burlington Northern & Santa Fe Railway Co.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1999-09-08 · cited 7×

Zurich Reinsurance (London) Ltd. v. Westville Riding Club, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1999-07-22 · cited 6×

Cherokee Nation v. Nations Bank, N.A.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1999-07-15

Dedner v. Oklahoma

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1999-03-18 · cited 2×

Ingram v. Pre-Paid Legal Services, Inc.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1998-05-15 · cited 3×

Cline v. Fort Howard Corp.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1997-04-25 · cited 8×

Woulfe v. Eli Lilly & Co.

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1997-04-09 · cited 13×

United States v. Roberts

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1996-11-29

United States v. Adair

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1995-10-10 · cited 7×

United States v. Roberts

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1995-09-29 · cited 3×

Williamson v. Reynolds

District Court, E.D. Oklahoma · 1995-09-19 · cited 60×

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