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GEMINI CAPITAL GROUP, INC. v. YAP FISHING CORP.

No. 96-15261.

150 F.3d 1088 (1998)

GEMINI CAPITAL GROUP, INC., a California corporation, dba Gemini Tuna Fleet Management Group; Industria De Pesca, N.A., Inc., a California corporation; Robert A. Grant, Plaintiffs-Appellants, and John Gois; Joseph F. Gois, Plaintiffs, v. YAP FISHING CORPORATION, a foreign corporation; Yap Purse Seiner Corporation, a foreign corporation; Yap Tuna Fishing Corporation, a foreign corporation; Government of Yap, Federated States of Micronesia; Yap Economic Development Authority; Dean Robb; Mike McCoy; Vincent Figir; Petrus Tun; Sebastian Anefal; Tony Ganngiyan; James Gilmar; Barbara Blumel, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Decided July 20, 1998.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert Blair Krueger, Jr., David Wilson, Jason Howard, The Krueger Group, LLP, San Diego, California, for the plaintiffs-appellants.

Sam D. Delich, Conte C. Cicala, Flynn, Delich & Wise, San Francisco, California, for the defendants-appellees.

Before: BROWNING, GOODWIN and SCHROEDER, Circuit Judges.

GOODWIN, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiffs brought this action in the district court against former business associates and governmental agencies in a dispute arising out of an international venture in the tuna industry. The court dismissed the action on grounds of forum non conveniens, in favor of the courts of the State of Yap, of the Federated States of Micronesia (FSM). Plaintiffs appeal, contending that the district court erred as a matter of law and abused its...

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