· 10/17/1994
Harold E. Straub v. A P Green, Inc., and Atlas Turner, Inc., a Foreign Corporation
Citations
- 38 F.3d 448
- 94 Daily Journal DAR 14603
- 94 Cal. Daily Op. Serv. 7908
- 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 28742
- 1994 WL 562031
How courts have described this case
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- finding the fact that defendant's attorney contacted the court about the status of the case insufficient to establish that defendant had actual notice
- finding 13 the fact that defendant's attorney contacted the court about the status of the case insufficient 14 to establish that defendant had actual notice
- suggesting, but not deciding, that “the FSIA may be applicable if a party that becomes a ‘foreign state’ after the commencement of a lawsuit promptly brings its status as a ‘foreign state’ to the district court’s attention”
- “It is not disputed that Atlas Turner was not a foreign state at the time Straub was exposed to the asbestos.”
- look to “plain meaning” of language used by Congress when interpreting a statute
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Judges: Farris, Beezer, McLaughlin
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