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HOWE v. GOLDCORP INVESTMENTS, LTD.

No. 91-1132.

946 F.2d 944 (1991)

Reginald H. HOWE, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. GOLDCORP INVESTMENTS, LTD., et al., Defendants, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

Decided September 27, 1991.

As Modified October 31, 1991.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Reginald H. Howe, pro se.

Joseph A. Franco, Sp. Counsel, with whom Thomas L. Riesenberg, Asst. General Counsel, Felicia H. Kung, Attorney, S.E.C., and Paul Gonson, Sol., were on brief, for S.E.C., amicus curiae.

Harvey J. Wolkoff with whom David A. Martland, Robyn D. Gold, Ropes & Gray, John A.D. Gilmore and Hill & Barlow were on brief, for Goldcorp and Dickenson, defendants, appellees.

Brackett B. Denniston, III, Barbara Gruenthal, Sam A. Wilkins, III, and Goodwin, Procter & Hoar on brief, for defendants, appellees Tory, Tory, DesLauriers & Binnington, Charles F. Scott and James E.A. Turner.

Before BREYER, Chief Judge, BOWNES, Senior Circuit Judge, and STAHL, District Judge.

BREYER, Chief Judge.

The doctrine of forum non conveniens permits an American court to decline to exercise jurisdiction over a case when a foreign tribunal can more appropriately conduct the litigation. See Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235, 250, 102 S.Ct. 252, 263, 70 L.Ed.2d 419 (1981); Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 507-08, 67 S.Ct. 839, 842-43, 91 L.Ed. 1055...

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