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COYLE v. P.T. GARUDA INDONESIA

No. 01-35784.

363 F.3d 979 (2004)

Joyce E. COYLE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Fritz G. Baden, deceased and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Djoeminah Baden, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. P.T. GARUDA INDONESIA, an Indonesian Corporation, dba Garuda Indonesia Airlines, Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.

Filed April 12, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Alan D. Reitzfeld (argued), James V. Marks, and Joanna L. Geraghty, Holland & Knight LLP, New York, New York, and Jonathan M. Hoffman and Douglas Pickett, Martin, Bischoff, Templeton, Langslet & Hoffman LLP, Portland Oregon, for the defendant-appellant.

Floyd A. Wisner (argued), Nolan Law Group, Chicago, Illinois, and Susan R. Swanson, Esq., Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellee.

Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges.

O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge:

We must decide whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to hear this wrongful death claim arising out of a plane crash in Indonesia that resulted in the deaths of plaintiff's parents.

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Fritz G. and Djoeminah Baden, residents of Lake Oswego, Oregon, decided to visit Indonesia in September 1997. To that end, the Badens contacted Astra World Express, Inc. ("Astra"), a Portland, Oregon travel agency, and booked the following...

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