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IN RE PIRELLI TIRE, L.L.C.

No. 04-1129.

247 S.W.3d 670 (2007)

In re PIRELLI TIRE, L.L.C., Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided November 2, 2007.

Rehearing Denied March 28, 2008.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Debora B. Alsup, Gretchen Scardino, Thompson & Knight, LLP, Austin, C. Vernon Hartline Jr., Scott G. Edwards, J. Gregory Whitten, Hartline, Darcus, Barger, Dreyer & Kern, Dallas, Eduardo R. Rodriguez, Joseph A. Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin, Chaney & Saenz, L.L.P., Brownsville, TX, for Relator.

Victor M. Carrara, Law Office of Victor M. Carrera, P.C., Edinburg, TX, for Real Party In Interest.

Craig A. Morgan, Attorney At Law, Wade Caven Crosnoe, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.

Justice O'NEILL announced the Court's disposition and delivered an opinion joined by Justice HECHT, Justice BRISTER, and Justice MEDINA.

In this case, we consider the limits of a trial court's broad discretion when deciding whether to dismiss on forum-non-conveniens grounds an action brought by a claimant who is not a legal resident of the United States. We conclude that, though by its terms the forum-non-conveniens statute...

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