CHRYSLER 1ST BUS. CREDIT v. 1500 LOCUST

No. 276, 1994.

669 A.2d 104 (1995)

CHRYSLER FIRST BUSINESS CREDIT CORPORATION and Chrysler Financial Corporation, Plaintiffs below, Appellants, v. 1500 LOCUST LIMITED PARTNERSHIP, Defendant below, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Delaware.

Decided: September 18, 1995.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Lacy E. Holly, III, of Farr, Burke, Gambacorta & Wright, Wilmington, and John C. Berghoff, Jr. (argued), and Mark R. Ter Molen of Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for appellants.

David J. Margules, of Klehr, Harrison, Harvey, Branzburg & Ellers, Wilmington, for appellee.

Before VEASEY, C.J., WALSH, HOLLAND, HARTNETT, and BERGER, JJ., constituting the Court


BERGER, Justice:

In this appeal, we consider the extent of deference that should be accorded to a plaintiff's choice of forum when a defendant moves to dismiss the Delaware action in favor of a later-filed action in another jurisdiction. The Superior Court granted such a motion, on the ground of forum non conveniens, after determining that all of the factors identified in General Foods Corp. v. Cryo-Maid, Inc.,...

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