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David Nicol v. Gulf Fleet Supply Vessels, Inc., in Personam

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 9, 1984No. 83-3264PublishedCited by 31 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

GEE, Circuit Judge:

“As a moth is drawn to the light, so is a litigant drawn to the United States.” Smith Kline and French Laboratories, Ltd., et al. v. Block [1983] 2 All E.R. 72, 74 (C.A.1982) (Denning, M.R.). Today’s litigant is David Nicol, a Scottish deep-sea diver, who was drawn to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana seeking to recover for personal injuries he suffered off the coast of Abu Dhabi while working aboard an American tugboat for his Liberian employer. When considering two Gulf Fleet pre-trial motions filed in 1982, one to dismiss and the…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Piper Aircraft Co. v. ReynoSupreme Court of the United States · 1982
  3. Romero v. International Terminal Operating Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1959
  4. Lauritzen v. LarsenSupreme Court of the United States · 1953
  5. Hellenic Lines Ltd. v. RhoditisSupreme Court of the United States · 1970

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3Cited by31 opinions

  1. 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
  2. Eileen Anne Neely, in No. 93-2069 v. Club Med Management Services, Inc. Club Med Sales, Inc. Club Med, Inc., Third-Party Holiday Village (St. Lucia), Ltd. v. Joseph Lemaire, Third-Party Club Med Management Services, Inc. And Holiday Village (St. Lucia) Inc., in No. 93-2102Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
  3. Daigle v. Opelousas Health Care, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1985
  4. Zipfel v. Halliburton Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1987
  5. David Nicol v. Gulf Fleet Supply Vessels, Inc., in Personam, Hammett, Leake & Hammett, Movants-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984

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