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Recent Decisions, Susan A. Shands

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

This case presented the district and circuit courts with the problem of how to maneuver the forum's conflict of laws rules in order to apply Texas law to an injury caused by a defective product manufactured in Texas when the injury occurred on foreign soil. On a policy basis, the lower courts did make the more equitable decision in applying Texas law. Viewed under one commentator's test, both lower courts were applying the law that would give the most predictable and uniform results, maintain international and interstate order, simplify the judicial task, advance the forum's interest, and apply the better …

Case Digest, Journal Staff

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

1. ADMIRALTY

Payment of Wages to Discharged Seaman is not Limited to Direct Cash Payment if other Methods are more Appropriate

Rules for the Transfer of an Admiralty Suit to another Forum are the Same for in Rem as for In Personam Actions

Longshoremen Injured on Employer's Vessel have a Negligence Action against that Employer for Non-stevedore Caused Injuries

Lack of Subject Matter Jurisdiction and Availability of an Alternative Forum denies Foreign Seaman Access to Federal Courts

Longshoreman's Employer is not a Necessary or Indispensable Party to Longshoreman's Action against Shipowner for Negligence

Wrongful Death Remedy under Decisional Maritime Law …

Recent Decisions, John E. Drake, Heidi A. Rohrbach, John R. Hellinger, Elizabeth G. Browning

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

CHOICE OF LAW--WRONGFUL DEATH--GOVERNMENTAL-INTEREST ANALYSIS DETERMINES LAW APPLICABLE TO MEASURE OF DAMAGES IN CLAIMS ARISING FROM FOREIGN Air CRASH

John Edison Drake

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EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES--FREE MOVEMENT OF WORKERS--COURT OF JUSTICE SETS GUIDELINES FOR USE BY MEMBER STATES OF THE PUBLIC POLICY EXCEPTION IN ARTICLE 48

Heidi A. Rohrbach

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TAX TREATIES--UNITED STATES MAY USE THE INTERNAL REVENUE CODE SUMMONING AUTHORITY TO OBTAIN DOMESTIC INFORMATION SOLELY TO AID A FOREIGN DOMESTIC TAX INVESTIGATION PURSUANT TO A TAX TREATY

John R. Hellinger

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TREATY INTERPRETATION--WARSAW CONVENTION-- PASSENGERS UNDERGOING SEARCH PREREQUISITE TO BOARDING ARE ENGAGED IN OPERATIONS OF EMBARKING

Elizabeth Graeme Browning