Supreme Court of Delaware

Under settled forum non conveniens principles, a first-filed plaintiff's choice of forum should be respected absent a showing that defendants will suffer undue hardship.

Appellate Information

• Decided 07/24/2002
• Published 07/29/2002

Judges

• BERGER, J., BEFORE:  HOLLAND, BERGER and STEELE, Justices.

Court

• Supreme Court of Delaware

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Michael P. Kelly, (argued), A. Richard Winchester, James J. Freebery, of McCarter & English, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, for appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Richard D. Kirk, of Morris, James, Hitchens & Williams, LLP, Wilmington, Delaware, Andrew L. Deutsch, (argued), of Piper, Marbury, Rudnick & Wolfe, LLP, New York City, Jeffrey F. Liss, Washington, D.C, for appellees.