Saul Munoz Sibaja, Rafaela Arrieta Porra v. Dow Chemical Company

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• “under the circumstances here, whether to exercise its jurisdiction and decide the case was not a decision going to the character and result of the controversy”
• “The forum non conveniens doctrine is ‘designed in part to help courts avoid conducting complex exercises in comparative law[.]’” (alteration added; quoting Piper Aircraft Co., 454 U.S. at 251)
• “the district court’s application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens in this case did not operate as a state substantive rule of law and thus transgress Eñe’s constitutional prohibition”

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