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· 12/22/1944

National Labor Relations Board v. Weirton Steel Co.

Citations

  • 146 F.2d 144
  • 15 L.R.R.M. (BNA) 743
  • 1944 U.S. App. LEXIS 2263

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that alternative forum was available because all defendants had indicated that they would be amenable to service of process in New Zealand
  • holding that alternative forum was available because all defendants had indicated that they would be amenable to service of process in New Zealand
  • holding that, “[b]ecause the local interest in this lawsuit is comparatively low, the citizens of Arizona should not be forced to bear the burden of this dispute”
  • holding that the foreign location of documentary evidence weighed in favor of dismissal where it was not in plaintiff’s control or under the control of a foreign government
  • holding that New Zealand had “extremely high” local interest where a “crash involved a New Zealand airline carrying New Zealand passengers” and where local media had covered the accident, its investigation, and following proceedings
  • noting that it is only in “rare circumstances ... that this requirement is not met” (internal quotation marks omitted)

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Judges: Goodrich, Jones, Laughlin

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