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CHASSER v. ACHILLE LAURO LINES

Nos. 87-9081, 87-9083, 87-9085, 87-9087, 87-9089 and 87-9091.

844 F.2d 50 (1988)

Sophie CHASSER, Anna Schneider, Ilsa Klinghoffer and Lisa Klinghoffer, as Co-Executrixes of the Estate of Leon and Marilyn Klinghoffer, Viola Meskin, Seymour Meskin, Sylvia Sherman, Paul Weltman, Evelyn Weltman, Donald E. Saire and Anna G. Saire, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. ACHILLE LAURO LINES, the Lauro Lines s.r.l., Flotto Achille, Chandris Cruise Lines, ABC Tours Travel Club, S.N.C. Achille Lauro Ed Altri-Gestione Motonave Achille Lauro In Amministrazione Straordinaria, Commissario of the Flota Achille Lauro in Amministrazione Straordinaria, Chandris (Italy) Inc., Port of Genoa, Italy, Club ABC Tours, Inc., and Crown Travel Service, Inc., d/b/a Rona Travel and/or Club ABC Tours, Defendants, Lauro Lines s.r.l., Chandris Cruise Lines, Club ABC Tours, Inc., Crown Travel Service, Inc., d/b/a Rona Travel, and/or Club ABC Tours, and Club ABC Tours, Inc., Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided April 7, 1988.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Morris J. Eisen, P.C., Arthur M. Luxemberg, New York City, for plaintiffs-appellees Sophie Chasser, Anna Schneider, Viola Meskin, Seymour Meskin, Sylvia Sherman, Paul Weltman, and Evelyn Weltman.

Jay D. Fischer, Fischer, Kagan, Ascione & Zaretsky, New York City, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Klinghoffer plaintiffs-appellees.

William P. Larsen, Jr., Charles D. Cole, Jr., Newman, Schlau, Fitch & Burns, P.C., New York City, for Saire plaintiffs-appellees.

Raymond A. Connell, Healy & Baillie, New York City, for defendant-appellant Lauro Lines s.r.l.

Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Daniel J. Dougherty, New York City, for defendant-appellant Chandris Cruise Lines.

Rubin, Hay & Gould, P.C., Rodney E. Gould, Framingham, Mass., A. George Koevary, Parker & Duryee, New York City, for defendant-appellant Crown Travel Service, Inc., d/b/a Rona Travel and/or Club ABC Tours.

Before KEARSE and MAHONEY, Circuit Judges, and GLASSER, District Judge.

KEARSE, Circuit Judge:

Defendants Lauro Lines s.r.l. ("Lauro"), et al., appeal from an interlocutory order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, Louis L. Stanton, Judge, denying Lauro's motion to dismiss the present actions on the basis of forum-selection clauses in the ticket agreements between Lauro, owner of the cruise ship ACHILLE LAURO, and plaintiffs, who were or represent passengers on the ACHILLE LAURO. The...

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