forum-non-conveniens

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25-381 AdvanFort Company v. Zamil Offshore Services Company, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-10-01 Denied case-splitting foreign-forum forum-non-conveniens judicial-jurisdiction multi-court-litigation plaintiff-rights In Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235 (1981), this Court held that "[a]t the outset of any forum non conveniens inquiry, the court must determi…
25A232 AdvanFort Company v. Zamil Offshore Services Company, et al. Fourth Circuit 2025-08-27 Presumed Complete alternative-forum forum-non-conveniens jurisdictional-split maritime-dispute piecemeal-litigation venue-transfer 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 sepa…
24-1130 Kingdom of Spain v. Blasket Renewable Investments LLC, et al. District of Columbia 2025-05-05 Pending CVSGAmici (5) arbitration-exception foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens international-law jurisdiction sovereign-consent Whether §1605(a)(6) allows United States courts to assert jurisdiction over a foreign sovereign without determining whether the sovereign consented to…
24A822 Kingdom of Spain v. Blasket Renewable Investments LLC, et al. District of Columbia 2025-02-25 Presumed Complete arbitration-agreement arbitration-exception energy-charter-treaty foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens subject-matter-jurisdiction Question not identified.
23A1153 James G. Robinson, et al. v. Armin Azod, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-06-25 Presumed Complete arbitration attorneys-fees forum-non-conveniens judicial-estoppel manifest-disregard venue Question not identified.
23-1317 Jean Dufort Baptichon v. Department of Education, et al. District of Columbia 2024-06-18 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure constitutional-rights federal-courts federal-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens personal-jurisdiction sovereign-immunity subject-matter-jurisdiction transfer venue venue-transfer This writ certainly raises the questions of Personal jurisdiction versus forum non conveniens, venue, transfer and sovereign immunity In Piper Aircraf…
23-1119 Loredana Ranza v. Nike, Inc. Ninth Circuit 2024-04-15 Denied adea administrative-agency civil-rights claim-preclusion discrimination extraterritorial extraterritorial-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens title-vii 1. Does claim preclusion bar an expatriate U.S. citizen from bringing discrimination claims under the extraterritorial provisions of Title VII of the …
23-352 Christopher A. Rogalski v. Laureate Education, Inc. Third Circuit 2023-10-03 Denied Relisted (3) 12(b)(6) appellate-jurisdiction civil-procedure collateral-order-doctrine diversity-jurisdiction due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fifth-amendment forum-non-conveniens forum-selection forum-selection-clause standing 1. Must the result of a motion to dismiss based upon a claimed forum selection clause under F.R.C.P. 12(b)(6) be considered the same as a dismissal fo…
23-237 Winfred Wairimu Wamai, Individually and on Behalf of the Estate of Adam Titus Wamai, et al. v. Industrial Bank of Korea Second Circuit 2023-09-12 Denied Amici (1)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) civil-procedure embassy-bombing foreign-sovereign-immunities-act forum-non-conveniens international-litigation judgment-enforcement separation-of-powers statutory-interpretation u.s.-resident-plaintiffs 1. Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident plaintiffs is entitled to "less deference" under the doctrine of forum non conveniens , rathe…
23-197 James Owens, et al. v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. Second Circuit 2023-09-01 Denied Relisted (2) choice-of-forum co-plaintiff-composition court-jurisdiction deference foreign-co-plaintiffs forum-non-conveniens international-litigation terrorism terrorism-victims U.S.-resident-plaintiffs Whether the choice of a U.S. forum by U.S.-resident plaintiffs is entitled to "less deference" under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, rather than…
23-131 Falkbuilt Ltd., et al. v. DIRTT Environmental Solutions, Inc., et al. Tenth Circuit 2023-08-11 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived alternative-forum circuit-split civil-procedure forum-non-conveniens gulf-oil-corp-v-gilbert international-comity international-litigation jurisdictional-dismissal multi-defendant-case piper-aircraft-co-v-reyno Whether, in a multi-defendant case, district courts are legally prohibited from dismissing any defendant under the doctrine of forum non conveniens un…
23A69 James Owens, et al. v. Turkiye Halk Bankasi A.S. Second Circuit 2023-07-25 Presumed Complete forum-non-conveniens judicial-deference piper-aircraft plaintiff-choice-of-forum second-circuit terrorism-victims 1. This case presents an important and recurring question concerning the legal standard for dismissing suits filed in U.S. federal court under the doc…
22-1141 Gary Pisner v. Marla Rubinstein, et al. Fourth Circuit 2023-05-25 Denied civil-procedure cross-jurisdictional-preclusion defamation defamation-privilege documentary-evidence evidence forum-non-conveniens judicial-notice litigation-privilege procedural-requirements 1. Fed. R. Evid. Rule 201 and caselaw gives the parties the ability to enter documentary evidence through judicial notice; under what conditions can a…
22-630 Kristen Behrens, et al. v. Arconic, Inc., et al. Third Circuit 2023-01-09 Denied Response Waived american-corporation civil-rights due-process forum-non-conveniens piper-aircraft-v-reyno punitive-damages (1) Should this Court extend its holding in Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235 (1981) and hold that where a foreign plaintiff has made a well s…
22-463 Aenergy, S.A., et al. v. Republic of Angola, et al. Second Circuit 2022-11-16 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure federal-courts foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity forum-non-conveniens jurisdiction jurisdictional-exception sovereign-immunity statutory-interpretation Whether, in suits against foreign sovereign defendants under the FSIA, courts may dismiss on forum non conveniens grounds when a statutory exception t…
22-19 Ukraine v. PAO Tatneft District of Columbia 2022-07-06 Denied arbitral-award arbitration civil-procedure foreign-arbitral-award foreign-proceedings forum-non-conveniens international-arbitration international-law judicial-confirmation jurisdiction jurisdictional-doctrine Whether the doctrine of forum non conveniens is available in proceedings to confirm a foreign arbitral award in the United States.
21-1459 Thomas Levien, et al. v. HIBU PLC, et al. Third Circuit 2022-05-18 Denied Response Waived alternative-forum american-federal-forum burden-of-proof conditional-dismissal forum-non-conveniens judicial-discretion jurisdiction jurisdictional-analysis statute-of-limitations The Questions Presented all apply to the standards for resolving a motion for forum non conveniens dismissal. 1. As a matter of law, is a proposed al…
21-1085 Ikorongo Texas LLC, et al. v. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., et al. Federal Circuit 2022-02-07 Denied Response Waived convenience convenience-standard forum-non-conveniens judicial-discretion mandamus patent-rights statutory-venue transfer venue venue-transfer Ikorongo Technology LLC and Ikorongo Texas LLC have separate ownership and geographically divided patent rights that were infringed by Samsung, LG, an…
21-478 Ee Hoong Liang v. Panircelvan Kaliannan, et al. Eighth Circuit 2021-09-30 Denied due-process federal-rules-of-civil-procedure forum-non-conveniens minimum-contacts personal-jurisdiction specific-jurisdiction summary-judgment Personal Jurisdiction and Forum Non Conveniens 1) All the parties are citizens and residents of the Republic of Singapore, where they live, work, and…
21-33 Máxima Acuña-Atalaya, et al. v. Newmont Mining Corporation, et al. Third Circuit 2021-07-12 Denied Amici (2)Response RequestedResponse WaivedRelisted (2) adequate-forum comity corruption forum-non-conveniens home-forum personal-jurisdiction The forum non conveniens ("FNC") doctrine only allows a court to dismiss a case to a more convenient forum if that forum is fair and adequate. Piper A…
20-726 In Re Stephanie Michael 2020-11-25 Denied Response Waived administrative-procedure administrative-procedure-act forum-non-conveniens judicial-review mandamus qualified-immunity res-judicata va-benefits veterans-claims veterans-judicial-review-act 1. Whether agency actions affecting the provision of VA benefits under applicable law may be reviewed by any other official or by any court of compete…
20-98 Thomas Wood, Individually and as Personal Representative of the Estate of Philip Talmadge Wood v. The Boeing Co. District of Columbia 2020-07-30 Denied Amici (1)Response Waived access-to-courts civil-procedure convenience discretion forum-non-conveniens international-litigation judicial-discretion material-injustice positive-evidence This Court has repeatedly held that a federal court has discretion to dismiss a case on the ground of forum non conveniens "when an alternative forum …
19-1187 Matco Tools Corporation, et al. v. United States District Court for the Northern District of California, et al. Ninth Circuit 2020-03-30 Denied Response Waived arbitration-agreement civil-procedure contract-validity district-court-discretion federal-jurisdiction forum-non-conveniens forum-selection-clause ninth-circuit-rule procedural-exception subject-matter Courts adjudicating forum non conveniens motions seeking to enforce forum-selection clauses as a general rule do not consider whether the underlying c…
19-232 New Mighty U.S. Trust, et al. v. Robert Shi, as Executor of the Will of Yueh-Lan Wang, et al. District of Columbia 2019-08-21 Denied Amici (2)Response Waived burden-of-proof choice-of-forum choice-of-law circuit-split civil-procedure conflict-of-laws forum-non-conveniens jurisdiction jurisdictional-doctrine standing venue Whether a forum resident bears a heightened burden to establish that a suit brought by a foreign plaintiff should be dismissed under the doctrine of f…
18-1447 Republic of Hungary, et al. v. Rosalie Simon, et al. District of Columbia 2019-05-20 Judgment Issued CVSGAmici (7)Relisted (4) choice-of-forum comity-interest exhaustion-of-local-remedies exhaustion-of-remedies foreign-sovereign-immunities-act foreign-sovereign-immunity forum-non-conveniens international-comity naturalized-citizens world-war-ii-property-claims 1. May the district court abstain from exercising jurisdiction under the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act for reasons of international comity, where f…