LINEAS AEREAS PARAGUAYAS v. FAIRCHILD HILLER CORP.

No. 76-1581.

557 F.2d 402 (1977)

LINEAS AEREAS PARAGUAYAS (LAP) et al., Appellants, v. FAIRCHILD HILLER CORPORATION, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided June 23, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pamfil A. Riposanu, New York City (Harry H. Lipsig, New York City, on brief), for appellants.

Charles E. Iliff, Jr., Baltimore, Md. (John H. Mudd, Semmes, Bowen & Semmes, Baltimore, Md., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, CRAVEN and BUTZNER, Circuit Judges.


BUTZNER, Circuit Judge:

The sole issue on appeal is whether the district court correctly ruled that the liability of Fairchild Hiller Corp. for an aircraft accident should be determined by applying the Aeronautical Code of Paraguay rather than the Paraguayan Civil Code.1 We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand.

Fairchild Hiller furnished a plane designed for short takeoffs and landings to its exclusive distributor in Paraguay...

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