· 4/13/1994
Ticketmaster-New York, Inc. v. Joseph M. Alioto
Citations
- 26 F.3d 201
- 22 Media L. Rep. (BNA) 1682
- 1994 U.S. App. LEXIS 7138
- 1994 WL 114817
How courts have described this case
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- recognizing that a plaintiff must be accorded “a degree of deference in respect to the issue of its own convenience”
- recognizing that \we must accord plaintiff's choice of forum a degree of deference in respect to the issue of its own convenience\
- concluding that the burden of litigating in a distant forum, “and its inevitable concomitant, great inconvenience, are entitled to substantial weight”
- holding that the gestalt factors “are not ends in themselves, but they are, collectively, a means of assisting courts in achieving substantial justice”
- concluding that forum state's interest in the litigation was \arguably lessened by the doubts surrounding whether defendant's act can be said to have been committed in the forum\
- noting that the relatedness inquiry is intended in part to “ensure[ ] that the element of causation remains in the forefront of the due process investigation”
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Judges: Torruella, Selya, Stahl
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