Legal Opinion
Reavis v. Gulf Oil Corp.
District Court, D. Delaware
Decided February 20, 1980No. Civ. A. No. 78-343PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION
STAPLETON, District Judge:
Plaintiff has brought this action to recover what he alleges to be his share of the economic benefits realized by defendants as a result of Venezuela’s nationalization of its private petroleum industry. Now before me are defendants’ motions to dismiss the complaint on grounds of forum non conven-iens or, alternatively, to stay this action pending resolution of legal questions raised herein by a Venezuelan court in a declaratory judgment action now pending before it.1 For the reasons stated below the motions will be denied.
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Effective January 1, 1976,…
2Cases cited22 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Norwood v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
- Swift & Co. Packers v. Compania Colombiana Del Caribe, S. A.Supreme Court of the United States · 1950
- Amelia Zamora Demateos, Administratrix of the Estate of Theodore Reyes, Deceased v. Texaco, Inc. And Texaco Panama, IncCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Edward R. Burt v. Isthmus Development CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1955
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3Cited by4 opinions
- Manela v. Garantia Banking Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1996
- Grodinsky v. Fairchild Industries, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1981
- American Cyanamid Co. v. Picaso-AnstaltDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 1990
- Chicago Blower Corp. v. Air System Associates, Inc.District Court, E.D. Michigan · 1985