Sinochem International Co. v. Malaysia International Shipping Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that, per Sinochem, the district court was not required to first establish jurisdiction before dismissing the case on estoppel grounds
• recognizing that a court may dismiss a case on forum non conveniens grounds before addressing jurisdiction
• holding that a district court may address a forum non conveniens plea before considering personal jurisdiction or subject matter jurisdiction
• holding that a federal court may dismiss an action on the basis of a threshold, nonmerits issue without first definitively determining whether it has jurisdiction over the case
• holding that a defendant invoking forum non conveniens \bears a heavy burden in opposing the plaintiff's chosen forum\
• holding that a defendant invoking forum non conveniens “bears a heavy burden in opposing the plaintiffs chosen forum”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).