IN RE SMITH BARNEY, INC.

No. 97-0423.

975 S.W.2d 593 (1998)

In re SMITH BARNEY, INC., Relator.

Supreme Court of Texas.

Decided July 3, 1998.

Rehearing Overruled October 15, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas D. Cordell, Jeffrey T. Nobles, Kent Rutter, Houston, William P. Frank, Lawrence D. McCabe, New York City, for relator.

Michael D. Ford, Tom Bayko, David M. Bays, Houston, Paul Share, New York City, Jack G. Carnegie, Houston, for respondent.


HECHT, Justice, delivered the opinion of the Court, in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, OWEN and ABBOTT, Justices joined.

The issue in this mandamus proceeding is whether the district court abused its discretion by denying defendant's motion to dismiss the underlying litigation on the basis of forum non conveniens. We deny relief.

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Relator Smith Barney, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York...

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