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FORUM SHOPPING: DEFENSIVE ABUSE OF THE INTRASTATE FORUM NON CONVENIENS DOCTRINE ELIOT T. TRACZ† I. INTRODUCTION ............................................................................... 422 II. FORUM NON CONVENIENS ............................................................. 424 A. Forum Non Conveniens: A Brief History ................................ 424 1. Brief History ...................................................................... 424 2. Purpose ............................................................................. 425 B. At the Federal Level ................................................................ 426 1. Gilbert ............................................................................... 426 2. Koster ............................................................................... 427 3. Codification ...................................................................... 428 4. Piper ................................................................................. 428 C. State Level ............................................................................... 429 1. Intrastate ........................................................................... 429 2. Interstate............................................................................ 429 III. FORUM SHOPPING ........................................................................... 430 A. Forum Shopping: A Brief Background ................................... 430 1. What is Forum Shopping? ................................................ 430 2. Purposes of Forum Shopping ............................................ 431 B. Forum Shopping and the Courts ............................................. 432 1. Plaintiff’s Ability to Sue .................................................... 432 2. Potential Outcome ............................................................. 433 C. The Ethics of Forum Shopping................................................ 434 1. Is Forum Shopping Ethical? ............................................. 434 2. Should Forum Shopping be Sanctioned? .......................... 435 IV. DEFENDANT’S MISUSE OF FORUM NON CONVENIENS ................... 435 A. Defensive Forum Shopping ..................................................... 435 1. Defendants Regularly Engage in Forum Shopping .......... 436 2. Methods of Defensive Forum Shopping ............................ 436 B. Defensive Use of Forum Non Conveniens .............................. 438 1. Purpose.............................................................................. 438 2. Abuse ................................................................................ 438 C. Ethics of Defensive Forum Non Conveniens........................... 440 1. Claiming Home Forum is Not the Appropriate Forum ..... 440 † Judicial Clerk to Hon. Kathy Wallace, Minnesota Third Judicial District.
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