Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Over Mid-Atlantic on June 1, 2009
District Court, N.D. California
Decided June 15, 2011No. C 10-02144 CRBPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO DISMISS AND DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION
CHARLES R. BREYER, District Judge.
These cases concern who is responsible for the crash of Air France Flight 447. The Motions presently before the Court raise the issue of where these cases ought to be heard. This is the second time the question of the proper forum for suits arising from the crash of Air France Flight 447 has been presented to the Court. Once again, the Court concludes that the United States is not the proper forum.
I. BACKGROUND 1
Most of the Plaintiffs in this action, non-French foreigners,…
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