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SIGALAS v. LIDO MARITIME, INC.

No. 84-5787.

776 F.2d 1512 (1985)

Anastasia SIGALAS, individually, as personal representative of the Estate of Iacovos Sigalas and Michael Sigalas, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. LIDO MARITIME, INC., the M/V ROYAL ODYSSEY, her engines, tackle, etc., in rem, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

November 26, 1985.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. John Caskey, Due, Dodson, deGravelles, Robinson & Caskey, Baton Rouge, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

Frank J. Marston, Fowler, White, Burnett, Hurley, Banick & Strickroot, P.A., Brett Rivkind, Miami, Fla., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOHNSON and HENDERSON, Circuit Judges, and ALLGOOD, District Judge.

JOHNSON, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question whether a district court may properly grant a motion for summary judgment on grounds of forum non conveniens when, on balance, forum contacts are more strongly in favor of a foreign forum. We hold that a court can properly grant such a motion and accordingly we AFFIRM the order of the district court below.

I. BACKGROUND.

The appellant-plaintiff...

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