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· 2/1/1995

Little League Baseball, Inc. v. Welsh Publishing Group, Inc.

Citations

  • 874 F. Supp. 648
  • 1995 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1292
  • 1995 WL 46655

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  • observing that “minimal research” would have revealed that plaintiff was a federally chartered corporation with nationwide activities and thus not subject to diversity jurisdiction
  • holding removal proper because the forum selection clause allowed venue throughout Pennsylvania
  • holding removal proper because the forum selection clause allowed venue throughout Pennsylvania
  • declining to apply localization exception where federally chartered organization’s activities were “conducted regularly over a wide area, well beyond the territorial limits of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania.”
  • finding Little League Baseball not localized in Pennsylvania where its principal offices were located because, among other things, it operated leagues, tournaments, and regional centers outside that state
  • holding the same as to Little League Baseball

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Judges: McCLURE

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