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· 3/16/1993

Ricoh Co., Ltd. v. Honeywell, Inc.

Citations

  • 817 F. Supp. 473
  • 1993 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 4247
  • 1993 WL 97553

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding that Minnesota had a strong public interest in litigating a dispute because most of the culpable conduct relevant to the complaint occurred in Minnesota
  • finding that Minnesota had a strong public interest in litigating a dispute because most of the culpable conduct relevant to the complaint occurred in Minnesota
  • explaining that “[w]hen the central facts of a lawsuit occur outside the forum state, a plaintiff's selection of that forum is entitled to less deference.”
  • stating “[w]hen the central facts of a lawsuit occur outside the forum state, a plaintiffs section of that forum is entitled to less deference.”
  • holding transfer of venue from New Jersey to Minnesota was proper where Japanese plaintiffs executives would have to travel thousands of miles from Japan to the United States anyway and stating “Minnesota is no more inconvenient for these witnesses than New Jersey”
  • stating “[w]hen the central facts of a lawsuit occur outside the forum state, a plaintiffs selection of that forum is entitled to less deference.”

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Judges: Lechner

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