Legal Opinion

Christel Gisela Sopcak, Milan Sopcak, Sara June Sopcak, Libuse Mlcoch, Jaraslav Lutz Maryska v. Northern Mountain Helicopter Service

Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Decided April 21, 1995No. 93-35030PublishedCited by 134 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

POOLE, Circuit Judge:

Appellants appeal the district court’s Fed. R.Civ.P. 12(b)(1) dismissal of their wrongful death and personal injury action brought under the Warsaw Convention. 1 Appellants contend that the district court erred by concluding that it lacked subject matter jurisdiction before allowing them to conduct discovery and holding an evidentiary hearing on the. question of jurisdiction. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm.

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Appellants include the survivor of a February 7, 1990 helicopter crash and the relatives of several passengers who died in the crash. The…

2Cases cited5 opinions

  1. Farmers Insurance Exchange v. The Portage La Prairie Mutual Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1990
  2. Smith v. Hughes Aircraft Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1993
  3. Maria De La Lastra Petrire v. Spantax, S.A.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
  4. Berardinelli v. Castle & Cooke Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1978
  5. Renton Swaminathan v. Swiss Air Transport Company, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1992

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