Legal Opinion
Rosauro Quintero v. Klaveness Ship Lines, Torvald Klaveness & Co. A/s v. Rosauro Quintero and Frank Sloan
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided November 21, 1990No. 89-3810, 90-3013PublishedCited by 59 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GEE, Circuit Judge.
The central issue on appeal is whether a district court may prevent relitigation of a choice-of-law determination made pursuant to its forum non conveniens dismissal of a seaman’s personal injury claims. We conclude that, under the facts of this case, it may do so.
In reaching this conclusion, we first hold that a district court has discretion to issue an injunction to prevent relitigation of a choice-of-law determination made pursuant to a forum non conveniens dismissal. Second, we hold that a forum non conve-niens dismissal that includes a choice-of-law determination is a…
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