This case concerns whether, under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, an American company can be forced to split its claims across two cases in separate tribunals in Saudi Arabia rather than litigate a single case against all defendants in its home forum in Virginia. This Court has held that "{a]t the outset of any forum non conveniens inquiry, the court must determine whether there exists an alternative forum." Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 254 n.22 (1981). But the Court has not specifically addressed whether "an alternative forum" requires the existence of a single foreign tribunal in which a plaintiff can bring its entire case against all defendants, or whether the plaintiff may be forced to split its case across multiple courts in a foreign country.

Whether a district court may dismiss a case under forum non conveniens when the plaintiff would be required to litigate its claims in multiple foreign tribunals rather than a single comprehensive forum