TISDALE v. SHELL OIL CO.

Civ. A. No. 85-T-230-N.

723 F.Supp. 653 (1987)

Richard Dean TISDALE and Laura Reilly Tisdale, Plaintiffs, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, etc., et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, M.D. Alabama, N.D.

On Motion to Alter or Amend October 27, 1988.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Julian McPhillips, McPhillips, De Bardelaben & Hawthorne, Montgomery, Ala., for plaintiffs.

Richard E. Broughton, Ball, Ball, Duke & Matthews, Montgomery, Ala., L. Chris Butler, Shell Oil Co., Houston, Tex., for Shell Oil Co.

James Hampton, McLain & Hampton, Montgomery, Ala., Glen M. Boudreaux, Kirklin, Boudreaux & Joseph, Houston, Tex., for Saudi Petrochemical Co.


MEMORANDUM OPINION

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

This cause is now before the court on a motion filed by defendant Saudi Petro-chemical Company (otherwise known as "SADAF"), and joined in by defendant Shell Oil Company, to have this cause dismissed based, first, on a contractual "forum selection clause" and, second, on principles of forum non conveniens. For reasons that follow, the motion should be granted and this cause dismissed, albeit without...

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