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Title: CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Choosing a Trial Court


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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK Choosing a Trial Court


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FORUM NON CONVENIENSThe Basics
  • What does it mean?
  • Where does the doctrine come from?
  • i.e. source of law
  • Judge-made law

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FORUM NON CONVENIENSThe Basics
  • Typical state court use of doctrine
  • Multi-state defendant
  • subject to personal jurisdiction in more than one
    place

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SKILLS READING CASESBasic Case Reading
  • Piper Aircraft v. Reyno, p. 204
  • Basic Case Reading
  • Comments
  • Example of procedurally complex case
  • why need tools for organizing thoughts
  • Questions

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SKILLS READING CASESIdentifying Black Letter
Law
  • Gilbert test
  • Pl's choice rarely disturbed
  • May dismiss if
  • alternative forum available
  • oppressiveness, vexation to defendant
  • (private interests)
  • court's convenience (public interest)
  • far outweigh
  • convenience to pl. (private interest)

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SKILLS ARGUING FROM PRECEDENT
  • Identifying the Legally Significant Facts
  • for broad narrow case holdings
  • p. 209, note 2
  • What if
  • Decedents had been U.S. citizens?
  • The plane crashed into the sea?
  • Scotland permitted no recovery for wrongful
    death?

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SKILLS ARGUING FROM PRECEDENT Noticing the
scope of review
  • What standard of review applies?
  • motion to dismiss for forum non conveniens

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THE BIG PICTUREForum non conveniens
  • What does it add to forum choice?
  • Does FNC do anything that PJ cant?
  • How is it used today in federal system?

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SKILLS APPLYING STATUTES28 U.S.C. 1404(a)
  • For
  • the convenience of parties Ws,
  • in the interest of justice
  • a district court
  • may transfer
  • any civil action
  • to
  • any other district
  • or division
  • where
  • it might have been brought

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SKILLS APPLYING STATUTES
  • 28 U.S.C. 1404(a)
  • Why was Piper transferred to Penn.?
  • Could Piper be transferred now?
    ( Bring in Penn federal court?)
  • Current venue statute?
  • Personal jurisdiction?
  • Piper
  • Hartzell

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SKILLS APPLYING STATUTESAlternatives to 1404(a)
  • 28 U.S.C. 1631
  • Cure want of jurisdiction
  • ? could have been brought
  • Post-dates Piper
  • 28 U.S.C. 1406
  • Cure defect in venue
  • ? could have been brought
  • 28 U.S.C. 1407
  • Multi-district litigation

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BLACK LETTER LAWVenue Trnsfr Choice of Law
  • Choice of Law 28 U.S.C. 1404
  • Claim against Piper tx to Pa D.Ct.
  • What law would apply?
  • Why?
  • Fed court applies State substantive law in
    diversity case (Erie doctrine)
  • Which States law?
  • Calif law (Court from which transferred)
  • But California choice of law rules
  • Penn. Law

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BLACK LETTER LAWVenue Trnsfr Choice of Law
  • Choice of Law 28 U.S.C. 1406, 1631
  • Claim against Hartzell tx to Pa D.Ct.
  • What law would apply?
  • Why?
  • Fed court applies State substantive law in
    diversity case (Erie doctrine)
  • If case is transferred, which States law
    applies?
  • Penn. law (Court to which transferred)
  • But Penn. choice of law rules
  • Scottish law

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TAKEAWAYSBLACK LETTER LAW Forum Non Venue
Transfer
  • FNC
  • Gilbert test
  • Federal court -gt foreign country
  • Venue transfer
  • Move within federal system
  • 1404
  • Convenience
  • Choice of law rules from original court
  • 1406, 1361
  • Fix venue, pj problems
  • Choice of law rules from new court

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TAKEAWAYSChapters 1-3
  • Reading Statutes
  • MAP
  • Reading Cases
  • Gold Standard briefing, when needed
  • Arguing from Precedent
  • Build conceptual frameworks
  • Synthesize rules
  • Generate broad narrow case holdings
  • Black letter law
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