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ROOS v. KENTUCKY ED. ASS'N

580 S.W.2d 508 (1979)

Robert A. ROOS, Appellant, v. KENTUCKY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION, a Kentucky Corporation, Doris Wilson, Wayne Harvey, Billye Jean McDade, Anna Ruth Hille, Lyndle Barnes and Dexter Meyer, d/b/a Kentucky Educators Public Affairs Council, John Ryan and Terry Herndon, d/b/a National Education Association Political Action Committee, Appellees.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

April 13, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Ronald L. Gaffney, Donald F. Mintmire, Barnett & Alagia, Louisville, for appellant.

John Frith Stewart, Kenneth L. Sales, Dennis Franklin Janes, Segal, Isenberg, Sales, Stewart & Nutt, Louisville, for appellees.

Before COOPER, GANT and WINTERSHEIMER, JJ.

COOPER, Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment dismissing the action below based on the judicial finding that the United States District Court for the Western District of Kentucky was a more convenient forum for resolution of the issues raised in this case.

The decision of the circuit court was based on the doctrine of forum non conveniens. That doctrine recognizes that there are certain instances in which a court properly vested with jurisdiction and venue...

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