Pollux Holding Ltd. v. The Chase Manhattan Bank, Springwell Navigation Corporation v. The Chase Manhattan Bank

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that “when a plaintiff sues in his home forum, that choice is generally entitled to great deference because it is presumed to be convenient”
• agreeing that “[g]iven that most of the relevant conduct occurred in England, English law would apply to the preponderance of plaintiffs’ tort claims”
• commenting that deference afforded to plaintiff’s choice of forum is limited if there are indicia of forum shopping
• affirming as proper exercise of discretion judge’s determination that application of English law favored adjudication in England
• affirming as a proper exercise of discretion district court’s determination that application of English law favored adjudication in England
• affirming dismissal where several material witnesses could not be compelled to testify in the United States, but could be called to testify in England

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).