OVERSEAS PROGRAMMING v. CINEMATOGRAPHISCHE, ETC.

No. 1101, Docket 82-7138.

684 F.2d 232 (1982)

OVERSEAS PROGRAMMING COMPANIES, LTD., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CINEMATOGRAPHISCHE COMMERZ-ANSTALT and Iduna Film GmbH, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided July 23, 1982.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael T. Sullivan, New York City (Robert A. Faller, Patricia L. Wager, and Moore, Berson, Lifflander & Mewhinney, New York City, on the brief), for plaintiff-appellant.

Pamela G. Ostrager, New York City (Carleton G. Eldridge, Jr., Lisa B. Dubrow, and Coudert Brothers, New York City, on the brief), for defendants-appellees.

Before FEINBERG, Chief Judge, and NEWMAN and WINTER, Circuit Judges.


NEWMAN, Circuit Judge:

Although a district court has broad discretion in deciding whether to dismiss a suit on the ground of forum non conveniens, see Gulf Oil Co. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 508, 67 S.Ct. 839, 843, 91 L.Ed. 1055 (1947); Alcoa Steamship Co. v. M/V Nordic Regent, 654 F.2d 147, 158 (2d Cir.) (en banc), cert. denied, 449 U.S. 890, 101 S.Ct. 248, 66 L.Ed.2d 116...

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