UNITED STATES

v.

KOECHER

Citator

Cited By

• Shereen Ramona Zipfel v. Halliburton Co., 832 F.2d 1477 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …eview for abuse of discretion a district court’s dismissal of a case on the ground of forum non conveniens. Piper, 454 U.S. at 237, 102 S.Ct. at 256; Pereira v. Utah Transport, Inc., 764 F. 2d 686, 690 (9th Cir.1985), cert. dismissed, 475 U.S. 1040, 106 S.Ct. 1253, 89 L.Ed.2d 362 (1986). The forum non conveniens determination is committed to the sound discretion of the trial court. It may be reversed only when there has been a clear abuse of discretion; where the court has considered all relevant public and…
• Harris v. Polskie Linie Lotnicze, 820 F.2d 1000 (9th Cir. 1987)
  …ngs of Fact and Conclusions of Law, at 4. The Harrises filed a timely appeal. II. STANDARD OF REVIEW We review de novo the district court’s choice of law. Pereira v. Utah Transp., Inc., 764 F. 2d 686, 689 (9th Cir.1985), cert. dismissed, — U.S.-, 106 S.Ct. 1253, 89 L.Ed.2d 362 (1986). The calculation of damages is a finding of fact that we review for clear error. United States ex rel. Morgan & Son Earth Moving, Inc. v. Timberland Paving & Constr. Co., 745 F. 2d 595, 599 (9th Cir.1984). III. CHOICE OF LAW…
• Sparling v. Hoffman Constr. Co., Inc., 864 F.2d 635 (9th Cir. 1988)
  …law controls this case, and the Judge thus erred in awarding attorney’s fees under Alaska law. We review the District Court’s choice of law de novo. Pereira v. Utah Transport, Inc., 764 F. 2d 686, 689 (9th Cir.1985), cert. dismissed, 475 U.S. 1040, 106 S.Ct. 1253, 89 L.Ed.2d 362 (1986). Because the complaint was originally filed in Washington, Washington’s choice of law rules apply. See Van Dusen v. Barrack, 376 U.S. 612, 639, 84 S.Ct. 805, 820, 11 L.Ed.2d 945 (1964); General Accident Ins. Co. v. Namesnik,…