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EMPRESA LINEAS MARITIMAS v. SCHICHAU-UNTERWESER

No. 91-3221.

955 F.2d 368 (1992)

EMPRESA LINEAS MARITIMAS ARGENTINAS, S.A., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SCHICHAU-UNTERWESER, A.G., and Stork-Werkspoor Diesel, B.V., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

March 12, 1992.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert B. Acomb, Jr., Grady S. Hurley, Jones, Walker, Waechter, Poitevent, Carrere & Dehegre, New Orleans, La., Donald Burke, Cardillo & Corbett, Robert A. Milana, Kirlin, Campbell & Keating, Richard H. Brown, Jr., Mary L. O'Connor, New York City, for Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentinas, S.A.

Harold Lee Schwab, Lester, Schwab, Kate & Dwyer, New York City, Thomas J. Wyllie, Joel L. Borrello, Adams & Reese, New Orleans, La., Robert B. Pohl, Burlingham, Underwood & Lord, New York City, for Stork-Werkspoor Diesel, B.V.

Before REAVLEY, HIGGINBOTHAM and DEMOSS, Circuit Judges.

REAVLEY, Circuit Judge:

The M/V ELMA TRES sank off Bermuda on November 26, 1981, taking 23 crewmen and $17 million in cargo with her. The vessel was bound for United States ports, carrying merchandise for American interests. All cargo claims having been settled, the remaining parties dispute the proper forum for trying the third-party product liability action of Empresa Lineas Maritimas Argentina (ELMA), the vessel's Argentinian time-charterer, against Stork-Werkspoor...

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