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CERAMIC CORP. OF AMERICA v. INKA MARITIME CORP.

No. 92-55052.

1 F.3d 947 (1993)

CERAMIC CORPORATION OF AMERICA; Caffco Import Inc.; Caffco International Inc.; C.C.C. Associates Inc., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. INKA MARITIME CORPORATION INC.; NSB Niederelbe Schiffahrtsgesellchaft mbH & Co. KG; Deutsche Seereederei Rostock GmbH & Co.; Senator Linie GmbH & Co. KG; Cho Yang Shipping Co., Ltd.; The Vessel M/V BREMEN SENATOR, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided August 6, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George R. Daly, Bigham, Englar, Jones & Houston, New York City, and Paul Gary Sterling, Meadows, Smith, Lenker, Sterling & Davis, Long Beach, CA, for plaintiffs-appellants.

John D. Giffin, Keesal, Young & Logan, San Francisco, CA and Michael J. Ryan, Hill, Betts & Nash, Long Beach, CA, for defendants-appellees.

Before WALLACE, Chief Judge, O'SCANNLAIN and FERNANDEZ, Circuit Judges.

WALLACE, Chief Judge:

Ceramic Corporation of America and 22 other American owners and insurers of cargo carried aboard the M/V Bremen Senator (collectively Ceramic) appeal from the district court's dismissal of their admiralty action on the grounds of forum non conveniens. Ceramic contends that the district court erred in concluding that Japan is a more convenient forum for its claims. The district court had jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1333. We have...

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