HAYNSWORTH v. THE CORPORATION

Nos. 96-20769, 96-20805.

121 F.3d 956 (1997)

Stuart G. HAYNSWORTH, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. THE CORPORATION, a/k/a Lloyd's of London, a/k/a Lloyd's, a/k/a the Council of Lloyd's, a/k/a the Society of Lloyd's, a/k/a the Committee of Lloyd's, Defendant-Appellee. Charles Robert LESLIE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. LLOYD'S OF LONDON, etc., et al., Defendants, Lloyd's of London, a/k/a the Corporation of Lloyd's, a/k/a Lloyd's, a/k/a the Society of Lloyd's, a/k/a the Committee of Lloyd's, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 29, 1997.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jacks C. Nickens, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce & Nickens, Houston, TX, Bradley Wayne Hoover, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in 96-20769 and Plaintiff Appellee in 96-20805.

J. Clifford Gunter, III, Martin E. Loeber, Anthony C. Duenner, Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, Harvey Lloyd Pitt, Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for Defendant-Appellee in 96-20769 and Defendant-Appellant in 96-20805.

Paul D. Flack, Clements, O'Neill, Pierce & Nickens, Houston, TX, for Charles Robert Leslie, Plaintiff-Appellee.

Richard H. Walker, John W. Avery, Securities and Exchange Commission, Washington, DC, for Securities and Exchange Commission, Amicus Curiae.

Before SMITH, BARKSDALE and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.


JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:

These are consolidated appeals in suits by individual underwriters against the Corporation of Lloyd's ("Lloyd's"),1 the central administrative body of the insurance market known as Lloyd's of London. In No. 96-20769, Stuart Haynsworth and thirty-three others appeal the dismissal of their suits based on a contractual forum selection/choice-of-law clause and, in the alternative, forum non conveniens...

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