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SCHEXNIDER v. McDERMOTT INTERN., INC.

No. 86-4506.

817 F.2d 1159 (1987)

John A. SCHEXNIDER, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. McDERMOTT INTERNATIONAL, INC., et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied July 15, 1987.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph J. Weigand, Jr., Houma, La., for plaintiff-appellant.

James B. Doyle, Henry E. Yoes, III and Edmund E. Woodley, Lake Charles, La., for defendants-appellees.

Before POLITZ, JOLLY and HIGGINBOTHAM, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied July 15, 1987.

E. GRADY JOLLY, Circuit Judge:

John Schexnider appeals from the district court's dismissal of his suit against the appellees on forum non conveniens grounds. Although we agree with the district court that Australian rather than United States law governs this maritime action, we conclude that the district court did not act within its discretion when it dismissed Schexnider's suit for forum non...

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