Legal Opinion
Coyle v. P.T. Garuda Indonesia
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided April 12, 2004No. 01-35784PublishedCited by 31 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
O’SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:
We must decide whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to hear this wrongful death claim arising out of a plane crash in Indonesia that resulted in the deaths of plaintiffs parents.
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Fritz G. and Djoeminah Baden, residents of Lake Oswego, Oregon, decided to visit Indonesia in September 1997. To that end, the Badens contacted Astra World Express, Inc. (“Astra”), a Portland, Oregon travel agency, and booked the following itinerary:
Date (1997)_Flight_Carrier_
September 6_Portland to Seattle_Alaska/Horizon Airlines
September 7_Seattle to Taipei_Eva Airways_
September…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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- Gates v. Victor Fine FoodsCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1995
- Klos v. Polskie Linie LotniczeCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1997
- Phaneuf v. Republic of IndonesiaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1997
- Charles Kapar v. Kuwait Airways CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1988
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3Cited by31 opinions
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- Subir Gupta v. Thai Airways International, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2007
- Robert E. Moore, a Single Man v. The United Kingdom, a Foreign Government Kenneth Southall John Does, I-XCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2004
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