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· 10/7/2013

Kanna v. Shinseki

Citations

  • 134 S. Ct. 145
  • 187 L. Ed. 2d 38
  • 82 U.S.L.W. 3179
  • 571 U.S. 825
  • 2013 WL 2458344
  • 2013 U.S. LEXIS 5666

How courts have described this case

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

  • observing that “an attorney’s statement in a brief is not evidence.”
  • “If there is no suitable alternate forum where the case can proceed, the entire inquiry ends.”
  • first citing Fischer v. Magyar Allamvasutak Zrt., 777 F.3d 847, 867 (7th Cir. 2015); then citing Jiali Tang v. Synutra Int’l, Inc., 656 F.3d 242, 250 (4th Cir. 2011)
  • declarations that one will accept service in alternative forum are legally binding
  • “an attorney's statement in a brief is not evidence.”

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