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Fifth Circuit Panel Divides Over Issuance of a Foreign Anti-Suit Injunction in Jones Act Case, Noting the Circuit’s “Permissive” Approach Favoring Such Relief

In Ganpat v. Eastern Pacific Shipping PTE, No. 22-30168 (5th Cir. Apr. 28, 2023), the Fifth Circuit divides over whether the district court abused its discretion in issuing an anti-suit injunction to bar litigation of a sailor’s personal injury action in India. “Kholkar Vishveshwar Ganpat, a citizen of India, worked as a crew member onContinue reading “Fifth Circuit Panel Divides Over Issuance of a Foreign Anti-Suit Injunction in Jones Act Case, Noting the Circuit’s “Permissive” Approach Favoring Such Relief”