Legal Opinion
Baris v. Sulpicio Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided January 23, 1996No. 94-20498PublishedCited by 24 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
Caltex Petroleum, Inc. (“Caltex”), and Steamship Mutual Underwriting Association (Bermuda), Ltd. (“Steamship Mutual”), appeal the district court’s denial of an injunction to bar plaintiffs’ suit in Louisiana state court. Concluding that the district court did not reversibly err, we affirm.
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In December 1987, the M/V DONA PAZ collided with the M/T VECTOR in the Tablas Strait in the Philippines; approximately 5,000 Filipino citizens lost their lives. The M/V DONA PAZ was a ferry boat owned and operated by Sulpicio Lines, Inc., a Philippines corporation; the M/T…
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