HAPAG-LLOYD A.G., STORK AMSTERDAM N.V. AND FITZGERALD v. TEXACO INC. AND TEXACO PANAMA INC. (THE "TEXACO CARIBBEAN")1

[1976] 1 Lloyd's Rep. 565

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS SECOND CIRCUIT

Before Circuit Judge Anderson, Circuit Judge Mansfield and Circuit Judge Oakes2

Collision - Forum non conveniens - German vessel colliding with unmarked wreck of Panamanian vessel in Strait of Dover - Action for damages brought in New York Court by owners of German vessel, owners of her cargo, and administrators of estates of her crew-Some evidence available in New York - Most witnesses in England - Other related suits pending in England-Possibility of claims of deceased under Death on the High Seas Act (46 U.S.C. s. 761) not being accepted in English law-Whether New York or England more convenient forum-United States.