Schmidt v. American Institute of Physics

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• concluding that the District of Columbia lacked meaningful ties to the breach of contract suit even though plaintiff was a District of Columbia resident because defendant made the decision to fire plaintiff in Maryland and communicated the decision to him while he was in Maryland
• concluding that the District of Columbia lacked meaningful ties to the breach of contract suit even though plaintiff was a District of Columbia resident because defendant made the decision to fire plaintiff in Maryland and communicated the decision to him while he was in Maryland
• noting that \deference is mitigated\ when choice of forum has \no meaningful ties to the controversy and no particular interest in the parties or subject matter\ (internal quotation marks and citation omitted)
• “[D]eference is mitigated . . . where the plaintiff’s choice of forum has no meaningful ties to the controversy and no particular interest in the parties or subject matter.”

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