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S. A. EMPRESA, ETC. v. BOEING CO.

No. 79-3167.

641 F.2d 746 (1981)

S. A. EMPRESA DE VIACAO AEREA RIO GRANDENSE (Varig Airlines), Plaintiff-Appellant, v. The BOEING COMPANY, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided April 6, 1981.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 22, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Phillip D. Bostwick, Shaw, Pittman, Potts & Trowbridge, Washington, D. C., for plaintiff-appellant.

Keith Gerrard, Perkins, Coie, Stone, Olsen & Williams, Seattle, Wash., for defendant-appellee.

Before FERGUSON and NORRIS, Circuit Judges, and PANNER, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 22, 1981.

FERGUSON, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises out of the crash of a Boeing 707 airliner. The district court granted summary judgment in favor of Boeing, the defendant manufacturer. We hold that the court correctly resolved the choice of law issue and properly applied the governing law.

I. FACTS

On June 2, 1967, Boeing, a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in the state...

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