Stephens v. LaBurt

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• not even mentioning the accessibility factor in its choice-of-law analysis, but going into legal availability in depth in its forum non conveniens analysis
• “Before dismissing a case for forum non conveniens, a district court must first make a choice of law determination”
• Indonesian or Singapore law applied to foreign plaintiffs claims ... American law applied to American seaman’s claims based on the allegiance of the defendant and the law of the flag
• Jones Act suits not subject to forum non conveniens analysis
• if Jones Act applies, dismissal on forum non conveniens precluded
• Indonesian or Singapore law applied to foreign seamen’s claims because, even though the vessel was registered in the United States and the defendant was a United States corporation, the place of wrong, the base of operations, and the place of contracts was in Indonesia or Singapore

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).