STRODE

v.

GREGORY ET AL.

Citator

Cited By

• Kinney Sys., Inc. v. The Cont'l Ins. Co., 674 So. 2d 86 (Fla. 1996)
  …led against a non-Florida defendant sometimes can be mandatorily removed to federal court and there dismissed based on the federal doctrine of forum non conveniens, as happened in Sibaja v. Dow Chemical Co., 757 F. 2d 1215 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948, 106 S.Ct. 347, 88 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985). However, when a defendant is a Florida resident, removal may not be permitted. Thus, if Florida applies a less vigorous doctrine of forum non conveniens, the state actually is disadvantaging some of its own res…
• Quinones v. Swiss Bank Corp. (Overseas), S.A., 509 So. 2d 273 (Fla. 1987)
  …s “shall” and “may only” is used at least forty-four times in seventeen different clauses throughout the agreement. In a case similar to the one at bar, McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Islamic Republic of Iran, 758 F. 2d 341 (8th Cir.1985), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948, 106 S.Ct. 347, 88 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985), the question as to whether or not a forum selection clause was mandatory or permissive hinged upon the meaning of the word “should.” After examining the isolated definitions of that word, the court looked to th…
• Perfecto Barrantes Cabalceta v. Standard Fruit Co., 883 F.2d 1553 (11th Cir. 1989)
  …tnesses live. Plaintiffs, however, have struggled for several years to have their claims litigated in a state court in the United States. Certain of the Plaintiffs filed claims in Sibaja v. Dow Chemical Co., 757 F. 2d 1215 (11th Cir.), cert. denied, 474 U.S. 948, 106 S.Ct. 347, 88 L.Ed.2d 294 (1985). The Sibaja case, like the present action, originated in Florida state court, was removed to federal district court, and was eventually dismissed on forum non conve-niens grounds by this court. The case of Agu…