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| Court: | U.S. Supreme Court |
| Topic: | Admiralty, Civil Procedure, Commercial Law, International Law |
| Title: | Sinochem Int'l Co. Ltd. v. Malaysia Int'l Shipping Corp. |
| Date: | 03/05/07 |
| Case Number: | 06-102 |
| Summary: | A district court has discretion to respond at once to a defendant's forum non conveniens plea, and need not take up first any other threshold objection. In particular, a court need not resolve whether it has authority to adjudicate the cause (subject-matter jurisdiction) or personal jurisdiction over the defendant if it determines that, in any event, a foreign tribunal is the more suitable arbiter of the merits of the case. |