1. Home
  2. Browse Decisions
  3. F.2d
  4. 859 F.2d
  5. 859 F.2d 1354 (1988)
 

COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION v. U.S. DIST. COURT

No. 88-7015.

859 F.2d 1354 (1988)

COMPANIA MEXICANA DE AVIACION, S.A., a corporation doing business as Mexicana Airlines, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR the CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA, Respondent, and Adela Espinosa De Penasco, Carlos Penasco Garcia, Patricia Guadarrama Ortiz, Rodolfo Guadarrama Ortiz, Raul Guadaramma Ortiz, Ana Maria Esperanza Cuellar Marovilla, Federico Perez Munoz Lido, Amelia Neyra Perez, Pablo Eduardo Zuniga Escobar, Maria De Los Angeles Escobar Rodriguez, Rafael Mujica Bustos, Maria Luisa Susana Alarcon Mujica, Miguelangel Avila Rosales, Hector Avila Rosales, Rene Avila Rosales, Salvador Hernandez Amezcua, Maria Del Socorro Garcia Vizcaino, individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Minors, Fernando Contreras Garcia and Liliana Contreras Garcia, Maria Teresa Alvarado Melgoza, Juan Rodriguez Guillen, Martha Rodriguez Guillen, Celia Rodriguez Guillen, Sylvia Rosaura Rodriguez Guillen, Rafael Palacios Ibarra, Enrique Rodriguez Guillen, individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Minors, Cristobal Rodriguez Guillen and Pedro Rodriguez Guillen, Sophie Latrilleux, Fernando Gerardo, Michel Jimenez, Fernando Nicolas, Michel Vega, Rafaela Jimenez Michel, Leopoldo Raigoza Ortiz, Ana Luisa Sosa Ortiz, Alvaro Sosa Ortiz, Alfonso Sosa Ortiz, Arturo Sosa Ortiz, Alejandro Sosa Ortiz, Sergio Luis Velasco Ortiz, Rosa Leticia Velasco Ortiz, Martha Maria Velasco Ortiz, Lilia Rosa Velasco Ortiz, Alma Rosa Velasco Ortiz Carmen Fernandez Paredes, Luis Felipe Puente Bermudez, Carmen Espinosa Puente, Luis Felipe Puente Espinosa, Jose Haracio Robles Ramirez, Arturo Robles Casillas, Maria Asuncion Ramirez Robles, Maria Velasquez Rojas, Francisco Javier Velasquez Rojas, Jose Luis Velasquez Rojas, Sara Zaldivar Perez, Daniel Zaldivar Perez, Taide Zaldivar Perez, Ezperanza Zaldivar Perez, Enrique Zaldivar Perez, Guillermo Zaldivar Perez, Jaime Guzman Vasquez, Alicia Flores Guzman, Nelly Camacho Iniguez Ramirez, individually and as Guardian Ad Litem of Minors, Juan Joshua Ramirez Camacho, Javier Martinez Pacheco, Virginia Tocaven Henriquez, Rogelio Domenge Morua, Aida Munoz Domenge, Lucero Celeste Banda Rueda, Leonidas Alejandro Banda Rueda, Faustino Garcia Espinosa, Maria Beceril Garcia, Rafael Pardo Grantison, Maria Magdalena Estrada, Javier Martinez Pacheco, Virginia Tocaven Henriquez, Ricardo Enterria Diaz, Soledad Rivera Herrera, Jose Socorro Rivera, Jose Maria Guara, Laura Romero, Real Parties in Interest.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided October 17, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Holland, Condon & Forsyth, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner.

Carlos Hernandez, Capote, Hernandez, Labat & Planas, El Monte, Cal., for real parties in interest.

Before CANBY, BEEZER and KOZINSKI, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Compania Mexicana de Aviacion (Mexicana) flight 940 crashed at Michoacan, Mexico, shortly after takeoff from Mexico City on March 31, 1986, killing all aboard. This action is brought on behalf of 69 Mexican decedents who travelled on tickets purchased in Mexico for travel within Mexico.

Mexicana moved to dismiss the action for lack of jurisdiction because of foreign sovereign immunity and for forum non conveniens...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases