Maria Arlete Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Company, Key International Drilling Company, Ltd. And Key Perfuracoes Maritimas, Ltda. (1983)
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George E. Mercier and Susan Y. Mercier v. Sheraton International, Inc., A/K/A Itt-Sheraton International, Inc. (1992)
See Tramp Oil & Marine, 743 F.2d at 50 ; see also Lacey v. Cessna Aircraft Co., 932 F.2d 170, 180 (3d Cir.1991); Cheng v. Boeing Co., 708 F.2d 1406, 1411 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 464 U.S. 1017 , 104 S.Ct. 549 , 78 L.Ed.2d 723 (1983); Schertenleib v. Traum, 589 F.2d 1156, 1159-60 (2d Cir.1978); but see Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393 (5th Cir.1983) (plaintiff bears burden of proving inadequacy of defendant’s proposed alternative forum).
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Maureen Ali, Personal Representative of the Estate of Amin Ali, Deceased v. The Offshore Company, Theodora Fr… (1985)
See Bailey v. Dolphin International, Inc., 697 F.2d 1268, 1279-80 (5th Cir.1983); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 394-395 (5th Cir.1983)
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Ali v. Offshore Co. (1985)
See Bailey v. Dolphin International, Inc., 697 F.2d 1268, 1279-80 (5th Cir.1983); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 394-395 (5th Cir.1983).
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Lillian Adams v. Merck and Company Inc (2009)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 392-93 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on other grounds by In re Air Crash Disaster, 821 F.2d 1147 , 1161 n. 25 (5th Cir.1987).
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Fogleman v. Aramco (Arabian American Oil Co.) (1991)
Chiazor v. Transworld Drilling Co., 648 F.2d 1015, 1018 (5th Cir.1981), ce rt. denied 455 U.S. 1019 , 102 S.Ct. 1714 , 72 L.Ed.2d 136 (1982), overruled on other grounds In re Air Crash Disaster near New Orleans, 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987) (en banc); Bailey v. Dolphin Int’l, Inc., 697 F.2d 1268, 1275 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on other grounds Air Crash Disaster, 821 F.2d at 1147 ; Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 388 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on other grounds Air …
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Cleonilde Nunes De Melo v. Lederle Laboratories, a Division of American Cyanamid Corporation (1986)
Cf. De Oliveira v. Delta Marine Drilling Co., 707 F.2d 843, 846-47 (5th Cir.1983) (no evidence Brazil is inadequate forum); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 392-94 (5th Cir.1983) (same); Santamauro v. Taito do Brasil Industria E Comercia Ltda., 587 F.Supp. 1312, 1316 (E.D.La.1984) (same).
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H. Azzopardi, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Paul Azzopardi, Deceased v. Ocean … (1984)
See Constructora Spilimerg, L.A., v. Mitsubishi Aircraft, 700 F.2d 225, 226 (5th Cir.1983); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 394-95 (5th Cir.1983).
The question is close, but we review only for abuse of discretion, Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 384-385 (5th Cir. 1983); Chiazor v. Transworld Drilling, 648 F.2d 1015, 1017-18 (5th Cir.1981), cert. de *226 nied, 455 U.S. 1019 , 102 S.Ct. 1714 , 72 L.Ed.2d 136 (1982), and find none.
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Jiali Tang v. Synutra International, Inc. (2011)
See Leon, 251 F.3d at 1312; Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393-94 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on other grounds by In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987).
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Jiali Tang v. SYNUTRA INTERN., INC. (2011)
See Leon, 251 F.3d at 1312; Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393-94 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on other grounds by In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987).
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Vernon Isaiah Fogleman and Jean Kenanin Fogleman, Cross-Appellees v. Aramco (Arabian American Oil Company), F… (1991)
Sec. 688 (1988) 2 Quintero v. Klaveness Ship Lines, 914 F.2d 717 (5th Cir.1990); Schexnider v. McDermott Int'l, Inc., 817 F.2d 1159 (5th Cir.), cert. denied 484 U.S. 977 , 108 S.Ct. 488 , 98 L.Ed.2d 486 (1987) 3 345 U.S. 571 , 73 S.Ct. 921 , 97 L.Ed. 1254 (1953) 4 398 U.S. 306 , 90 S.Ct. 1731 , 26 L.Ed.2d 252 (1970) 5 Lauritzen, 345 U.S. at 583-92 , 73 S.Ct. at 928-33 ; Rhoditis, 398 U.S. at 309 , 90 S.Ct. at 1734 6 Rhoditis, 398 U.S. at 308-09 , 90 S.Ct. at 1734 7 Chiazor v…
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Rosauro Quintero v. Klaveness Ship Lines, Torvald Klaveness & Co. A/s v. Rosauro Quintero and Frank Sloan (1990)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 392 (5th Cir.1983).
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 384 (5th Cir.1983), overruled, In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982, 821 F.2d 1147 , 1163-64 n. 25 (5th Cir.1987), petition for cert. filed, (U.S. Nov. 6, 1987) (No. 87-750). 12 .
No. 87-750
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Carmen Rosa Josefa Gomez Sanchez Vda De Gonzalez v. Naviera Neptuno A.A., and El Kollao (1987)
See Diaz, 722 F.2d at 1219 ; Vaz Borralho v. Keydril, 696 F.2d 379, 394-95 (5th Cir.1983).
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Perez & Compania (Cataluna), S.A., Cross-Appellant v. M/v Mexico I, Etc., and Triton Pacific Maritime Corpora… (1987)
See Diaz v. Humboldt, 722 F,2d 1216, 1219 (5th Cir.1984); Fajardo v. Tidewater, Inc., 707 F.2d 858, 862 (5th Cir.1983); De Oliveira v. Delta Marine Drilling Co., 707 F.2d 843, 846-47 (5th Cir.1983) (per curiam); Bailey, 697 F.2d at 1279-80 ; Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 394-95 (5th Cir.1983). 23 .
V., 723 F.2d 1190, 1192 (5th Cir.1984); Diaz v. Humboldt, 722 F.2d 1216, 1217 (5th Cir.1984); Fajardo v. Tidewater, Inc., 707 F.2d 858, 861-62 (5th Cir.1983); De Oliveira v. Delta Marine Drilling Co., 707 F.2d 843, 845-46 (5th Cir.1983); Bailey v. Dolphin Int'l Inc., 697 F.2d 1268, 1274 (5th Cir.), reh'g denied, 710 F.2d 837 (5th Cir.1983); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 384 (5th Cir.), reh'g denied, 710 F.2d 207 (5th Cir. 1983); Zekic v. Reading & Bates Drilling…
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In Re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, Louisiana on July 9, 1982. Luis Alberto Trivelloni-Lorenzi, and Su… (1987)
See McClelland Engineers, Inc. v. Munusamy, 784 F.2d 1313, 1317 (5th Cir.1986); James v. Gulf Int'l Marine, 777 F.2d 193 , 194 (5th Cir.1985); Cuevas v. Reading & Bates Drilling Co., 770 F.2d 1371, 1377-78 (5th Cir.1985); Ali v. Offshore Co., 753 F.2d 1327, 1330 (5th Cir.1985); Nicol v. Gulf Fleet Supply Vessels, Inc., 743 F.2d 289, 292-93 (5th Cir.1984); In re McClelland Engineers, Inc., 742 F.2d 837, 838 (5th Cir.1984), cert. denied, 469 U.S. 1228 , 105 S.Ct. 1228 , 84 L.E…
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McClelland Engineers, Inc. v. Muigawah Munusamy (1986)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 384 (5th Cir.1983).
We suggest that consideration be given to conditioning the dismissal on the following: that Naviera Humboldt submit to service of process and jurisdiction in the appropriate Peruvian court in which Diaz shall have filed suit within 90 days of the order of dismissal; that Naviera Humboldt formally waive in the Peruvian proceeding any statute of limitations defense that has matured since the commencement of this action in the Eastern District of Louisiana; that Naviera Humbold…
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Needham v. Phillips Petroleum Co. (1983)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 384 (5th Cir. 1983); Phillips v. Amoco Trinidad Oil Co., 632 F.2d 82, 84 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied sub nom, Romilly v. Amoco Trinidad Oil Co., 451 U.S. 920 , 101 S.Ct. 1999 , 68 L.Ed.2d 312 (1981).
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 384 (5th Cir.1983); Phillips v. Amoco Trinidad Oil Co., 632 F.2d 82, 84 (9th Cir.1980), cert. denied sub nom, Romilly v. Amoco Trinidad Oil Co., 451 U.S. 920 , 101 S.Ct. 1999 , 68 L.Ed.2d 312 (1981).
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Veba-Chemie A.G. v. M/v Getafix, Her Engines, Boilers, Etc., in Rem, and Getafix Shipping Corp., in Personam (1983)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydrill Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393 (5th Cir.1983).
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 384-85 (5th Cir.1983); Chiazor, 648 F.2d at 1017 ; Motor Distributors, 239 F.2d at 466 .
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Itel Corporation and Itel Container International, B v. V. The M/s Victoria U (Ex Pishtaz Iran), Etc. (1983)
E.g., Constructora Spilimerg, C.A. v. Mitsubishi Aircraft Co., 700 F.2d 225, 226 (5th Cir.1983); Bailey v. Dolphin Int’l, Inc., 697 F.2d 1268, 1279-80 (5th Cir.1983); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 394-95 (5th Cir.1983); Zekic v. Reading & Bates Drilling Co., 680 F.2d 1107, 1109 (5th Cir.1982). 9 .
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Amiot v. Ames (1997)
Nevertheless, there is clear support for the proposition that the jury should prevail when choice-of-law issues and the merits are so "factually meshed" that a "ruling thereon would have disposed of the merits of the [] cause of action, and therefore should have been deferred until a trial on the merits." Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 387 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on unrelated grounds by In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, La., 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987…
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Sarieddine v. Moussa (1991)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393-94 (5th Cir.1983).
Vaz Borralho, 696 F.2d at 382, 387 ("the alleged wrongful act occurred on the Continental Shelf of Brazil” Id. at 387 (citing district court's written Memorandum and Order)); Chiazor, 648 F.2d at 1016, 1019, 1020 .
Reuter, 537 F.3d 733 , 742–43 (7th Cir. 2008); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 386 (5th Cir. 1983); In re Facebook Biometric Info.
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Toll v. Tannenbaum (2013)
Co. v. Reuter, 537 F.3d 733, 742 (7th Cir.2008) (“[W]e are of the opinion that the district court must ... resolve factual disputes that bear on the choice-of-law determination.”); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 386 (5th Cir.1983) (upholding the judicial resolution of “factual issues raised in connection with a choice of law determination”), overruled on other grounds by In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, La on July 9, 1982, 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987).
Because of the complexity of a “comparative analysis of the procedures, rights, and remedies” available in two forums, the Texas Supreme Court has held such an analysis should only be given weight when the alternative 17 Transit Mix cites Direct Color Services, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co., 929 S.W.2d 558, 564 (Tex. App.—Tyler 1996, writ denied), superseded by statute as stated in Adams v. Baxter Healthcare Corp., 998 S.W.2d 349, 356 (Tex. App.—Austin 1999, no pet.) (noting Dir…
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Morales v. Ford Motor Co. (2004)
Ordinarily, this requirement will be satisfied when the defendant is ‘amenable to process’ in the other jurisdiction.”); Gonzalez, 301 F.3d at 380 (“It is undisputed that Mexico is an amenable forum because the defendants have agreed to submit to the jurisdiction of the Mexican courts.”); Veba-Chemie A.G. v. M/V Getafix, 711 F.2d 1243, 1245 (5th Cir.1983) (“We hold instead that defendant’s submission to the jurisdiction of an alternative forum renders that forum available fo…
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Gonzales v. P.T. Pelangi Niagra Mitra Int'l (2002)
See Sydow, 81 F.Supp.2d at 768 ; see also Piper, 454 U.S. at 254 n. 22, 102 S.Ct. at 265 n. 22 (“In rare circumstances ... where the remedy offered by the other forum is clearly unsatisfactory, the other forum may not be an adequate alternative”); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393-94 (5th Cir.1983) (explaining that a foreign forum is inadequate if conditions there “plainly demonstrate that the plaintiffs are highly unlikely to obtain basic justice therein”).
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Solano v. Gulf King 55, Inc. (1999)
Howevei", *443 Defendants remind the Court that day-today operations are the touchstone for the base of operations analysis in this Circuit, see Bailey, 697 F.2d at 1275; Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 389 (5th Cir.1983).
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Direct Color Services, Inc. v. Eastman Kodak Co. (1996)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393-394 (5th Cir.1983).
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Alter v. Bell Helicopter Textron, Inc. (1996)
Gulf Oil v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 504 , 67 S.Ct. 839, 841 , 91 L.Ed. 1055 (1947); Baris v. Sulpicio Lines, Inc., 932 F.2d 1540, 1542 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 502 U.S. 963 , 112 S.Ct. 430 , 116 L.Ed.2d 449 (1991); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 385 (1983); Didi v. Destra Shipping Co., No. 93-1851, 1993 WL 488534 , at *1 (E.D.La.
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Nunez v. Hunter Fan Co. (1996)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 386-87 (5th Cir.1983) (“choice of law issues ... were properly determined by the district court”), overruled on other grounds by In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, La., 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987), vacated on other grounds by Pan Am.
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Alma Torreblanca De Aguilar v. Boeing Co. (1992)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 392 (5th Cir.1983).
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Theus v. Pioneer Hi-Bred International, Inc. (1990)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 390 (5th Cir.1983) (where overseas tort, 14th Amendment does not require to application of American law to foreign nationals as well as American citizens) (overruled on other grounds by In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987)).
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Gazis v. John S. Latsis (USA) Inc. (1990)
See, e.g., Ali v. The Offshore Co., 753 F.2d 1327, 1334 (5th Cir.1985), overruled on other grounds, In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, La., 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987); Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 394-95 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on other grounds, In re Air Crash Disaster Near New Orleans, La., 821 F.2d 1147 (5th Cir.1987).
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Ali v. Moonglow Trawler Co. (1989)
Vaz Borralho v Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 390 (5th Cir. 1983) (“The Constitution does not require the United States, as a condition of applying its own laws to its own citizens and residents, to be courthouse and law maker for the world.”).
“The Constitution does not require the United States, as a condition of applying its own laws to its own citizens and residents, to be courthouse and law maker for the world.”
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Pratt v. United Arab Shipping Co. (1984)
Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393-94 (5th Cir.1983).
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Rasoulzadeh v. Associated Press (1983)
A motion to relegate a plaintiff to a foreign forum will be denied if the plaintiff shows that foreign law is inadequate, or that “conditions in the foreign forum ... plainly demonstrate that the plaintiffs are highly unlikely to obtain basic justice therein.” Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 393-94 (5th Cir.1983).
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Nautilus Insurance v. Reuter (2008)
See Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 386 (5th Cir.1983) (upholding judicial resolution of facts affecting choice-of-law determination); but cf. Marra v. Bushee, 447 F.2d 1282, 1284-85 (2nd Cir.1971) (deciding that resolution of factual issues bearing on choice-of-law determination belonged to jury).
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Nautilus Insur Co v. Reuter, David (2008)
See Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 386 (5th Cir. 1983) (upholding judicial resolution of facts affecting Nos. 06-4019 & 07-1400 19 choice-of-law determination); but cf. Marra v. Bushee, 447 F.2d 1282, 1284-85 (2nd Cir. 1971) (deciding that resolution of factual issues bearing on choice-of-law determination belonged to jury).
upholding judicial resolution of facts affecting Nos. 06-4019 & 07-1400 19 choice-of-law determination
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Tisdale v. Shell Oil Co. (1988)
See Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 392 (5th Cir.1983) (“The presumption ... is that the substantive law of the foreign forum is adequate.”) And, for the reasons given the Part II of this memorandum opinion, the court does not find convincing the Tisdales’ contentions that trial in Saudi Arabia would be inconvenient and a threat to their safety.
See Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 386 (5th Cir.1983); Nautilus Ins.
See Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 386 (5th Cir.1983).
See Vaz Borralho v. Keydril Co., 696 F.2d 379, 390 (5th Cir.1983), overruled on other grounds by Air Crash, 821 F.2d 1147 .
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Simcox v. McDermott International, Inc. (1994)
See Vaz Borralho, 696 F.2d at 387-89 ; Dahl v. United Technologies Corp., 472 F.Supp. 696, 700 (D.Del.1979), aff 'd, 632 F.2d 1027 (3d Cir.1980); Michell v. General Motors Corp., 439 F.Supp. 24, 28 (N.D.Ohio 1977).
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Neo Sack, Ltd. v. Vinmar Impex, Inc. (1993)
See Vaz Borralho, 696 F.2d at 387-89 .