Legal Opinion
Sherrill v. Brinkerhoff Maritime Drilling
District Court, N.D. California
Decided August 9, 1985No. C-82-0836-WWS, C-82-2565-WWS, C-82-2566-WWS, C-82-2568-WWS, C-82-2569-WWS, C-83-0603-WWS to C-83-0607-WWS and C-83-1022-WWSPublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OF OPINION AND ORDER
SCHWARZER, District Judge.
Before the Court are eleven actions brought by or on behalf of seamen who were killed or injured in an air crash in Indonesia. These actions were related pursuant to Local Rule 205-2 for assignment to a single judge; they have, however, not been consolidated. Pursuant to the court’s assignment plan they were later reassigned from that judge to the undersigned.
"Prior to the reassignment, defendants filed motions to dismiss for forum non conveniens. The motions were denied by another judge of this court. Following reassignment, defendants…
2Cases cited44 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
- Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
- Edmonds v. Compagnie Generale TransatlantiqueSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by12 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Luis Alberto Trivelloni-Lorenzi, and Susanna Electra Trivelloni-Lorenzi v. Pan American World Airways, Inc., Ernesto Serio Pampin Lopez, Individually and as Administrator of the Estate of His Deceased Mother Sara E. Lopez De Pampin v. Pan American Airways, Inc., and United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1987
- Zipfel v. Halliburton Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
- Irwin Robert Miller, Defendant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellant v. Douglas Christopher, Defendant-Third-Party-Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1989
- Ocean Shelf Trading Inc. v. Flota Mercante Grancolombiana S.A.District Court, S.D. New York · 1986
- Daughtry v. Diamond M Co.District Court, C.D. California · 1988
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