Can Thoroughbreds waiver of personal jurisdiction be imputed to Stepp and Velocity?
Whether in personam jurisdiction can be exercised over a defendant is a question of law subject to de novo review by this court. Dickson Marine, Inc. v. Panalpina, Inc., 179 F.3d 331, 335 (5th Cir. 1999). In a diversity suit, a federal court has personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant to the same extent that a state court in that forum has such jurisdiction. Wilson v. Belin, 20 F.3d 644, 646 (5th Cir. 1994). Accordingly, the district court can exercise personal jurisdiction over the Defendants in the instant case only if the Defendants are subject to personal jurisdiction in the Louisiana state courts. Generally, this court conducts a two-prong analysis to determine if a state court may exercise personal jurisdiction over a nonresident defendant. “First, we determine whether the long-arm statute of the forum state confers personal jurisdiction over the defendant. Second, we ask whether the exercise of such jurisdiction by the forum state is consistent with due process under
