Citations
- 227 F. Supp. 839
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BONSAL, District Judge.
These are three wrongful death actions brought by American citizens residing in the United States as survivors of American citizens who, while fare-paying passengers on an airplane owned and operated by defendant Middle East Airlines (MEA) were killed on or about February 1, 1963 when the MEA plane collided with a Turkish Government Air Force Plane near Ankara, Turkey.
Defendant MEA has moved, pursuant to Rule 12 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, for an order dismissing the actions as to the defendant MEA, or, in the alternative, quashing the service of summons on said defendant on the grounds: (1) that it is a corporation •organized and existing under the laws of Lebanon and is not subject to service of process within the State of New York