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· 7/21/1987

Federal Case

Citations

  • 821 F.2d 1147
  • 1987 A.M.C. 2735
  • 1987 U.S. App. LEXIS 9873

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that courts must consider “all of the relevant factors of private interest, weighing in the balance the relevant deference given the particular plaintiffs initial choice of forum”
  • holding that the district court did not abuse its discretion in denying a motion to dismiss on grounds of forum non conveniens in a suit by Uruguayan plaintiffs
  • stating that the burden of persuasion “runs to all the elements of the forum non conveniens analysis”
  • reasoning that \the trial's occurrence and completion bolsters the district court's original decision to deny the motion to dismiss\ based on forum non conveniens
  • stating that after determining that a foreign forum is available and adequate, a court should then consider the private-interest factors
  • stating that a defendant bears the burden of invoking the doctrine

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