Mealey's (July 10, 2020, 12:45 PM EDT) -- NEW ORLEANS — A 2-1 Fifth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on July 9 affirmed the Chinese drywall multidistrict litigation judge’s 2017 ruling finding that the court had jurisdiction over claims brought by homeowners in Florida, Louisiana and Virginia against affiliates of China-based manufacturers on the ground that the companies had sufficient contacts with the states (In re Chinese-Manufactured Drywall Products Liability Litigation: Edward Amorin, et al. v. China National Building Materials Co., et al., No. 18-30742, 5th Cir.)....