BARIS v. SULPICIO LINES, INC.

No. 90-2646.

932 F.2d 1540 (1991)

Victor C. BARIS, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SULPICIO LINES, INC., et al., Defendants, Caltex Petroleum, Inc., Caltex Petroleum Corporation, and Caltex Oil Corporation, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

June 17, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Wayne Fisher, David W. Holman, Michael J. Maloney, Fisher, Gallagher, Perrin & Lewis, David M. Gunn, Law Office of W. James Kronzer, Houston, Tex., for plaintiffs-appellants.

Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., Dixie Smith, John A. Barrett, Fulbright & Jaworski, Houston, Tex., for defendants-appellees.

Before THORNBERRY, JOLLY, and SMITH, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

This appeal raises issues regarding federal court jurisdiction over a removed case and the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The district court concluded that it had jurisdiction, then dismissed pursuant to the doctrine of forum non conveniens. We conclude that, while the court had jurisdiction over this removed action, its analysis of the forum non conveniens issue was deficient. Accordingly, we vacate and remand.

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