Legal Opinion
Taag Linhas Aereas De Angola v. Transamerica Airlines, Inc., Transamerica Corporation, H.K. Howard, William Maier, Joseph Murphy, Eric J. Korth
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 27, 1990No. 88-15420PublishedCited by 55 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
POOLE, Circuit Judge:
TAAG Linhas Aereas de Angola, a third-party beneficiary under an air-transport agreement, appeals from a grant of a motion to dismiss pursuant to a forum selection clause requiring actions arising out of the agreement to be brought in Switzerland. Claiming that defendants-appellees, Transamerica Airlines, Inc., its parent, Transamerica Corporation, and several of its officers, failed to pay commissions due under the agreement, TAAG brought suit in United States District Court. Defendants’ motion to dismiss was granted on the ground that, because of the forum selection…
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