Legal Opinion
Rogelio J. Cuevas v. Reading & Bates Corp., A/K/A Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 19, 1985No. 84-2154PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:
This appeal involves a suit brought by nonresident foreign nationals for unpaid wages, and for personal injuries and wrongful death suffered in an accident in foreign waters on a semi-stationary drilling rig owned and operated by United States corporations. The district court first determined that United States law did not apply, and then dismissed the suit on forum non conveniens grounds. We affirm.
FACTS
On October 2, 1980, while positioned about one hundred miles into the Persian Gulf in Saudi Arabian waters, the jack-up drilling ship R/V RON TAPPMEYER encountered a…
2Cases cited33 opinions
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- Eisen v. Carlisle & JacquelinSupreme Court of the United States · 1974
- Griffin v. Oceanic Contractors, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1982
- Hoffman v. BlaskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
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3Cited by40 opinions
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- William Wayne Picco v. Global Marine Drilling Company, and Crosbie Offshore Services, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1990
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- United States v. Laurence John LaytonCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1988
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