American Federation of Musicians v. Harrah's Club, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “the inability to implead other parties directly involved in the controversy is a factor which weighs against the retention of jurisdiction”
• holding the Philippines was an available forum where the district court granted a motion to dismiss “on the express condition that [defendant] consent to the jurisdiction of the Philippine courts”
• holding the Philippines was an available forum where the district court granted a motion to dismiss “on the express condition that [defendant] consent to the jurisdiction of the Philippine courts”
• Philippines being only forum with jurisdiction over all related cases counseled in favor of forum non conveniens dismissal
• “Although a defendant must meet an almost impossible burden in order to deny a citizen access to the courts of this country, the cases demonstrate that defendants frequently rise to the challenge.”
• court may grant dismissal where defendants submit to jurisdiction in alternative forum

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).