United States Second Circuit

Substantial modification of alternate forum state's laws requires a court to reconsider the adequacy of the alternate forum for forum non conveniens analysis, and should require it to consider congestion and delay in alternate state's courts as well applicability of state's laws.

Appellate Information

• Decided 11/29/2001
• Published 11/29/2001

Judges

• CALABRESI, Circuit Judge., Before NEWMAN, CALABRESI, and SACK, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Second Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellees:
  
• Michael Nussbaum and Kathleen Grillo, Ropes & Gray, Washington, D .C., for Plaintiff-Counter-Defendant-Appellant., David F. Williams (H. Peter Haveles, Jr., on the brief), Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft, New York, N.Y., for Defendant-Counter-Claimant-Third-Party-Plaintiff-Appellee.