Legal Opinion
In Re West Caribbean Airways, S.A.
District Court, S.D. Florida
Decided September 27, 2007No. Case 06-22748-CIVPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PRELIMINARY ORDER ON DEFENDANTS’ MOTION TO DISMISS ON GROUNDS OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS URSULA UNGARO, District Judge.
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss on Grounds of Forum Non Conveniens. D.E. 54 1 This order follows a May 11, 2007 status conference during which the parties agreed to brief the following discrete issues pertaining to Defendants’ Motion: (1) whether Newvac is a “contracting carrier” within the scope of the Montreal Convention; 2 and, whether the Court may apply the forum non conveniens doctrine in an action arising under the Montreal Convention.…
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