Legal Opinion
Phoenix Canada Oil Co. v. Texaco, Inc.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided April 10, 1978No. Civ. A. No. 76-421PublishedCited by 46 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
MURRAY M. SCHWARTZ, District Judge.
Should this case be resolved in the District of Delaware or rather in the nation of Ecuador? After resolving lesser questions and reducing to the nub the sea of papers and rhetoric directed at the Court, that is the essential question that must be confronted in the matter now at bar.
Plaintiff is a Canadian corporation maintaining offices in Toronto, Canada and New York City and trading its shares on the Montreal Stock Exchange and the over-the-counter market in the United States. Defendants are two major international oil and gas companies and their…
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