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CUEVAS v. READING & BATES CORP.

No. 84-2154.

770 F.2d 1371 (1985)

Rogelio J. CUEVAS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. READING & BATES CORP., a/k/a Reading & Bates Offshore Drilling Co., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing Denied October 18, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Due' Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson & Casey, Chester J. Caskey, Baton Rouge, La., for Cuevas, et al.

Royston, Rayzor, Vickery & Williams, Ted C. Litton, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before BROWN, WILLIAMS, and GARWOOD, Circuit Judges.

GARWOOD, Circuit Judge:

This appeal involves a suit brought by nonresident foreign nationals for unpaid wages, and for personal injuries and wrongful death suffered in an accident in foreign waters on a semi-stationary drilling rig owned and operated by United States corporations. The district court first determined that United States law did not apply, and then dismissed the suit on forum non conveniens grounds. We affirm.

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