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Issues relating to the deference accorded to a plaintiff's choice of home forum.
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Contributed in 2010 & last edited in 2010 by Nicholas Diamand
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The forum non conveniens doctrine's foreign policy implications support application of federal law.
Because forum non conveniens motions address rules of venue, not of decision, the Erie Doctrine does not require the application of state forum non...
In the context of a motion to dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds, the alternate forum is ordinarily adequate if the defendant is amenable to...