Skidmore v. Gateway Western Railway Co.

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• noting that all witnesses lived in the Missouri county where the accident took place
• forum non conveniens is appropriate where the forum has no ability by the use of “compulsory process to secure the attendance of unwilling witnesses”
• Illinois had no interest in being burdened by litigation concerning an automobile accident that occurred in Missouri and involved Missouri residents just because the defendant’s home office was in Illinois
• Illinois had no interest in being burdened by litigation concerning an automobile accident that occurred in Missouri and involved Missouri residents just because the defendant’s home office was in Illinois
• the private-interest factors favored Missouri because all of the witnesses were located there: “Illinois has no subpoena power over Missouri residents and, thus, has no ability to secure the attendance of unwilling residents who reside in Missouri”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).