MEEHAN

v.

CALIFORNIA

Citator

Cited By (16 total)

• Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235 (U.S. 1981)
  …relevant factors shows that the plaintiff’s chosen forum is appropriate. See, e. g., Founding Church of Scientology v. Verlag, 175 U. S. App. D. C., at 409, 536 F. 2d, at 436; Burt v. Isthmus Development Co., 218 F. 2d 353, 357 (CA5), cert. denied, 349 U. S. 922 (1955).…
• Pain v. United Techs. Corp., 637 F.2d 775 (D.C. Cir. 1980)
  …n plaintiff, of an American forum); Olympic Corp. v. Societe Generale, 462 F. 2d 376, 378 (2d Cir. 1972) (same); Hoffman v. Goverman, 420 F. 2d 423, 426-27 (3d Cir. 1970) (same); Burt v. Isthmus Dev. Co., 218 F. 2d 353, 357 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 349 U.S. 922, 75 S.Ct. 661, 99 L.Ed. 1254 (1955). For a discussion of these issues, see generally Note, Forum Non Conveniens and American Plaintiffs in the Federal Courts, 47 U.Chi.L.Rev. 373 (1980) [hereinafter Chicago Note]; The Proper Role of the Residence F…

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• Leasco Data Processing Equip. Corp. v. Maxwell, 468 F.2d 1326 (2d Cir. 1972)
  …not enough to justify a district court in dismissing the complaint of an American citizen, much less to warrant an appellate court’s requiring it to do so. The Fifth Circuit said, in Burt v. Isthmus Development Co., 218 F. 2d 353, 357, cert. denied, 349 U.S. 922, 75 S.Ct. 661; 99 L.Ed. 1254 (1955), that “courts should require positive evidence of unusually extreme circumstances, and should be thoroughly convinced that material injustice is manifest before exercising any such discretion to deny a citizen acc…