Legal Opinion
Carol Sachs v. Republic of Austria
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided December 6, 2013No. 11-15458PublishedCited by 10 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
GOULD, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether a resident of the United States has a domestic forum in which to bring a claim against a foreign common carrier, operated by a foreign sovereign entity, that sells tickets through a third-party agent or subagent in the United States. Carol P. Sachs filed a- complaint against OBB Personenverkehr AG (OBB) in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Sachs sought damages for traumatic injuries that she sustained while trying to board an OBB train in Innsbruck, Austria.
The district court granted OBB’s motion to…
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