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14 documents for forum nonconveniens

- State ex rel. Burnett v. Dewey, (Ohio 2011)
Petition for writ of prohibition denied where respondent judge did not patently and unambiguously lack jurisdiction to proceed in a child custody matter.

... court had conducted a forum nonconveniens analysis under R.C. 3127.21 and held that the tri...'s motion to dismiss for forum nonconveniens. The remainder of case No 10 DR 853 remains�...
- Ohio Supreme Court
- Securing the Accountability of International Organizations.
... only international law and international forums may be able to substantively limit the freedom of ... jurisdictional doctrine of forum nonconveniens, a national court should abstain from exercising i...
- Global Governance
- Vol. 7 Nbr. 2, April 2001
- Winning the "race to the courthouse": the principle of priority.
... that this state is the more appropriate forum under s. 61.520 or s. 61.521, and: . 1. The child ... apply for a stay, and make a forum nonconveniens argument before the foreign tribunal, if there is ...
- Florida Bar Journal
- Vol. 83 Nbr. 11, December 2009

- What is the Effect of a Foreign Jurisdiction Clause in Commercial Disputes?
... whether the court was an inappropriate forum ("forum non-conveniens"). . The following question... to show that the court was forum nonconveniens. Further, the subsidiaries were not parties to the...
- Mondaq Business Briefing
- Nbr. 2010, January 2010
- United International Holdings, Inc., a Delaware Corporation; and Uih Asia Investment Company, a Colorado General Partnership, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. the Wharf (Holdings) Limited, a Hong Kong Company; Wharf Communications Investments Limited, a Hong Kong Company; Wharf Cable Limited, a Hong Kong Company; and Stephen Ng, a Hong Kong Citizen, Defendants-Appellants. Product Liability Advisory Council, Inc., Amicus Curiae., 210 F.3d 1207 (10th Cir. 2000)
... the premise underlying this argument that forum selection or choice of law issues implicate a cour... dismiss a case on grounds of forum nonconveniens, the court here denied Wharf's motion to dismiss f...
- Federal Circuits
- Aar International, Incorporated, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Nimelias Enterprises S.A., Vacances Heliades S.A. and Princess Airlines S.A., Defendants-Appellees., 250 F.3d 510 (7th Cir. 2001)
... motion to dismiss the action on grounds of forum non conveniens. For the reasons set forth below, w... forum plus a waiver of forum nonconveniens objections is not "binding on the court" and is no...
- Federal Circuits
- New York Courts Revisit Forum Selection Clauses As a Result of the Demise of Norvergence
Multifaceted and complex litigation has arisen focused on the equipment-leasing industry as a result of the demise of NorVergence Inc. NorVergence entered into Equipment Rental Agreements for certain equipment known as "Matrix Boxes". It was customary for NorVergence to assign the executed Rental Agreements to various prominent leasing companies throughout the US. In Jun 2004 an Involuntary Petition under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code was filed against NorVergence. NorVergence ceased operations and shortly thereafter, the major telecommunication companies servicing NorVergence customers (Qwest, T-Mobile and Sprint) were authorized by the Bankruptcy Court to discontinue service. Numerous NorVergence customers alleged that NorVergence defrauded them and that under various legal theori...

... subject to a dismissal on forum nonconveniens grounds; if the latter, it is mandatory and subjec...
- Secured Lender, The
- Vol. 61 Nbr. 6, November 2005
- Canada Ruled Proper Forum for Products Liability Suit by Mo Court of Appeals
A Canadian woman will have to stay home if she wants to sue a Barnhardt company, the Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, said last week. The woman, Tamara Skewes, filed a products liability lawsuit against Masterchem Industries Inc. in the Jefferson County Circuit Court. The Vancouver resident, working in Canada as a painter for Edendail Restoration Ltd., alleged she was burned when a halogen lamp ignited vapors from the paint primer she was using. The primer was manufactured by Masterchem.

... trial judges can base such forum nonconveniens dismissals: place of accrual of the cause of actio...
- Daily Record and the Kansas City Daily News-Press
- May 27, 2005
- James Johns, Petitioner, vs. Melody Johns, Respondent, 720 So. 2d 239 (1998)
... was held in Michigan or Florida, concerning forum nonconveniens or other grounds for declining Flori...
- Florida Supreme Court
- American Model Home v. Resource Mortgage, (4th Cir. 1999)
... the Eastern District of Virginia under the forum nonconveniens provisions of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a)...
- Federal Circuits