Coyle v. Garuda Indonesia

363 F.3d 979 Joyce E. COYLE, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Fritz G. Baden, deceased and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Djoeminah Baden, deceased, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. P.T. GARUDA INDONESIA, an Indonesian Corporation, dba Garuda Indonesia Airlines, Defendant-Appellant. No. 01-35784. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Argued and Submitted March 4, 2003. Filed April 12, 2004. COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED COPYRIGHT MATERIAL OMITTED Alan D. Reitzfeld (argued), James V. Marks, and Joanna L. Geraghty, Holland & Knight LLP, New York, New York, and Jonathan M. Hoffman and Douglas Pickett, Martin, Bischoff, Templeton, Langslet & Hoffman LLP, Portland Oregon, for the defendant-appellant. Floyd A. Wisner (argued), Nolan Law Group, Chicago, Illinois, and Susan R. Swanson, Esq., Portland, Oregon, for the plaintiff-appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of Oregon; Robert E. Jones, District Judge, Presiding. Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, FERDINAND F. FERNANDEZ, and RAYMOND C. FISHER, Circuit Judges. O'SCANNLAIN, Circuit Judge: 1 We must decide whether the federal courts have jurisdiction to hear this wrongful death…