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McCLELLAND ENGINEERS, INC. v. MUNUSAMY

No. 84-2549.

784 F.2d 1313 (1986)

McCLELLAND ENGINEERS, INC., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Muigawah MUNUSAMY, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 24, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Tobi A. Tabor, James Patrick Cooney, Houston, Tex., for Oceaneering Intern. and McClelland Engineers.

G. Byron Sims, Houston, Tex., for Arabian American Oil and Crosby Offshore.

Marion McDaniel, Robert L. Klawetter, Houston, Tex., for Global Marine.

Benton Musslewhite, Richard Schechter, G. Robert Friedman, Paul Wesley Klinger, Jr., Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before JOLLY, and HILL, Circuit Judges, and HUNTER, District Judge.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

We review the district court's denial of a motion to dismiss three consolidated cases on the grounds of forum non conveniens. The district court found that the choice of law determination in this case, usually a prerequisite to deciding a forum non conveniens motion, could not be rendered until after evidence had been admitted at trial. The district court thus delayed the choice of law determination and, after reviewing...

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