Legal Opinion
Compania Mexicana de Aviacion, S.A. v. United States District Court for the Central District of California
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided October 17, 1988No. 88-7015PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
PER CURIAM: *
Compañía Mexicana de Aviación (Mexica-na) flight 940 crashed at Michoacan, Mexico, shortly after takeoff from Mexico City on March 31, 1986, killing all aboard. This action is brought on behalf of 69 Mexican decedents who travelled on tickets purchased in Mexico for travel within Mexico.
Mexicana moved to dismiss the action for lack of jurisdiction because of foreign sovereign immunity and for forum non conve-niens. The motion was denied by the District Court and Mexicana petitioned this court for a writ of mandamus. We conclude that denial of a motion to dismiss for foreign…
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