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WILLIAMS v. SHIPPING CORP. OF INDIA

No. 80-1243.

653 F.2d 875 (1981)

Lenwood WILLIAMS, Jr., Appellant, v. The SHIPPING CORPORATION OF INDIA, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided July 7, 1981.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John H. Klein, Norfolk, Va. (Breit, Rutter & Montagna, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellant.

John R. Crumpler, Jr., Norfolk, Va. (Seawell, McCoy, Dalton, Hughes, Gore & Timms, Norfolk, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Bruno A. Ristau, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C. (Alice Daniel, Asst. Atty. Gen., Washington, D. C., Justin W. Williams, U. S. Atty., Alexandria, Va., Eloise E. Davies, Dept. of Justice, Washington, D. C., on brief), for amicus curiae.

Before FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and WIDENER and HALL, Circuit Judges.

FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge:

The plaintiff, Lenwood Williams, Jr., a Virginia citizen, filed an action in a Virginia state court against the Shipping Corporation of India, a corporation which is wholly owned by the Government of India, seeking to recover damages for personal injuries allegedly sustained by the plaintiff while working as a longshoreman aboard defendant's ship. The defendant corporation is concededly a "foreign state" within the definition of the Foreign...

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