· 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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