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QUINTERO v. KLAVENESS SHIP LINES

Nos. 89-3810, 90-3013.

914 F.2d 717 (1990)

Rosauro QUINTERO, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KLAVENESS SHIP LINES, Defendant-Appellee. TORVALD KLAVENESS & CO. A/S, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. Rosauro QUINTERO and Frank SLOAN, Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied November 21, 1990.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Frank Sloan, Covington, La., pro se.

John A. Bolles, Sharon Smith, Stephanie L. Chisholm, Terriberry, Carroll & Yancey, New Orleans, La., for defendant-appellee.

Before GEE and DAVIS, Circuit Judges, and SMITH, District Judge.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied November 21, 1990.

GEE, Circuit Judge.

The central issue on appeal is whether a district court may prevent relitigation of a choice-of-law determination made pursuant to its forum non conveniens dismissal of a seaman's personal injury claims. We conclude that, under the facts of this case, it may do so.

In reaching this conclusion, we first hold that a district court has discretion to issue an injunction...

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