Lewis v. Busby

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that a district court did not abuse its discretion in granting forum non conveniens motion, notwithstanding the presence of an American plaintiff, when aviation accident took place in the North Sea
• explaining that jury duty should not be imposed, nor local dockets clogged by, cases with little relation to jurisdiction
• explaining that jury duty should not be imposed, nor local dockets clogged by, cases with little relation to jurisdiction
• explaining that jury duty should not be imposed, nor local dockets clogged by, cases with little relation to jurisdiction
• noting that maintenance records and accident reports prepared by a foreign government were relevant to an aircraft manufacturer's defense or tort claims arising from crash
• relying on similar argument in approving dismissal of action arising out of helicopter crash that took place in Norway

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).