Thomas L. Gould, Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lyn Joanne Gould v. Aerospatiale Helicopter Corporation, a Delaware Corporation, Thomas L. Gould, Individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lyn Joanne Gould v. Societe Nationale Industrielle Aerospatiale, a French Corporation

40 F.3d 1033 Thomas L. GOULD, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lyn Joanne Gould, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. AEROSPATIALE HELICOPTER CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Thomas L. GOULD, individually and as Personal Representative for the Estate of Lyn Joanne Gould, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. SOCIETE NATIONALE INDUSTRIELLE AEROSPATIALE, a French corporation, Defendant-Appellant. Nos. 93-35791, 93-35796. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted Sept. 13, 1994. Decided Nov. 22, 1994. Stephen C. Johnson, Lillick & Charles, San Francisco, CA, for defendants-appellants. Richard C. Eymann, Feltman, Gebhardt, Eymann & Jones, Richard John Roberts, Robert M. Seines, Dellwo, Roberts, Scanlon & Seines, P.S., Spokane, WA, for plaintiff-appellee. Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Washington. Before: BROWNING, WRIGHT, and CANBY, Circuit Judges. PER CURIAM: 1 We must decide whether a domestic subsidiary of a foreign government-owned corporation is entitled to a nonjury trial when named as a codefendant with its foreign state-owned parent in an action brought under the Foreign…