Wieser v. Missouri Pacific Railroad

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that plaintiff’s choice of forum was entitled to less deference where the forum lacked a significant connection to the litigation
• a state has an interest in providing a forum when the plaintiff is a resident of that state
• “This deference to plaintiff’s choice of forum is commonly referred to as an unequal balancing test.”
• a state has an interest in providing a forum when the plaintiff is a resident of that state
• forum where a defendant has its principal place of business “had an interest in providing a forum in which to resolve the dispute.”
• circuit court abused its discretion when it refused to dismiss case where the public interest factors, such as burden on jurors and lack of local interest, heavily favored another forum

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).