PARRINO, J.
The issue to be decided in this appeal is whether the Court of Appeals, under the doctrine of forum non conveniens, can decline to exercise its original jurisdiction to hear a petition which states a proper cause of action in habeas corpus.
The doctrine of forum non conveniens permits a court to dismiss or transfer a case, despite the fact that venue is proper and it has jurisdiction, because there is a more appropriate forum in which...
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