AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT FACTORIES v. LYNNE

No. 83-6272.

743 F.2d 672 (1984)

AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT AIRCRAFT FACTORIES and The Commonwealth of Australia, Petitioners-Appellants, v. R.C. LYNNE, Executor and Personal Representative of the Estate of Jimmy Sherman Lynne, Deceased; Missionary Aviation Fellowship, Inc.; Donna Lynne, Individually and as Parent and Next Friend of Kevin Lynne and Kurtis Lynne, Minors, Respondents-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Submitted May 30, 1984.

Decided September 21, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mark R. Joelson, Wald, Harkrader & Ross, Washington, D.C., for petitioners-appellants.

Randall R. Moore, Law Offices of Windle Turley, Dallas, Tex., for respondents-appellees.

Before ELY, TANG and BOOCHEVER, Circuit Judges.


TANG, Circuit Judge:

The Commonwealth of Australia and Government Aircraft Factories bring an interlocutory appeal of the district court's order denying their motion to dismiss for lack of subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction and improper venue. We reverse.

I.

Government Aircraft Factories, wholly owned and operated by the Department of Industry and Commerce of the Commonwealth of Australia, produces military and civilian aircraft for...

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