Legal Opinion
Jota v. Texaco Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided October 5, 1998No. Nos. 97-9102, 97-9104, 97-9108PublishedCited by 53 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JON 0. NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:
This appeal poses important issues concerning the appropriateness of a United States forum for litigation in which a foreign government is significantly interested. Issues of forum non conveniens, comity, and indispensable party all arise in an unusual context in that the foreign country, the Republic of Ecuador, initially expressed vigorous opposition to the maintenance of this litigation in a United States Court and now, after a change in the government, just as vigorously urges that the litigation proceed here. Two sets of putative class action plaintiffs who…
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