Legal Opinion
Laughlin v. Dow Chemical Co.
District Court, S.D. Texas
Decided May 17, 1983No. Civ. A. G-82-473PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
'ORDER
HUGH GIBSON, District Judge.
BEFORE THE COURT is plaintiffs’ first amended motion to remand this consolidated action to state court. This lawsuit and another on this Court’s docket (Holland, et al. v. Dow Chemical Co., G-81-57) arise out of the same injury-producing explosion but are in two different procedural postures. Both consolidated cases involve a myriad of parties (both domestic and foreign) and varying claims. The precise question posed by the motion to remand is whether an American-incorporated subsidiary of a French-nationalized corporation may remove a state court action to…
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- In Re DISASTER AT RIYADH AIRPORT, SAUDI ARABIA, ON AUGUST 19, 1980District Court, District of Columbia · 1982
- Alifieris v. American Airlines, Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1981
- Herman v. El Al Israel Airlines, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1980
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- Tucker v. Whitaker Travel, Ltd.District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1985