Arkansas Oil & Mining Co. v. Murray Tool & Supply Co.

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• holding that district court erred in not considering the substantial expense that dismissal in favor of an English court would impose upon a plaintiff
• holding that activities necessary to maintain a stock exchange are, without more, insufficient to confer jurisdiction
• ruling that the district court applied an incorrect standard of law in its forum non conveniens analysis by \fail[ing] to credit the fact that two of the [four] plaintiffs were United States citizens\
• ruling that the district court applied an incorrect standard of law in its forum non conveniens analysis by “fail[ing] to credit the fact that two of the [four] plaintiffs were United States citizens”
• holding that “a plaintiff’s choice of forum is entitled to substantial deference and should only be disturbed if the factors favoring the alternative forum are compelling”
• finding that the TVPA conveys the message that \torture committed under color of law of a foreign nation in violation of international law is `our business' ...\

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