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FIRST MIDWEST v. CORPORATE FIN. ASSOCIATES

No. 01-1560.

663 N.W.2d 888 (2003)

FIRST MIDWEST CORPORATION, Appellee, v. CORPORATE FINANCE ASSOCIATES, Appellant.

Supreme Court of Iowa.

June 11, 2003.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randy V. Hefner of Hefner, Bergkamp & Rhoads, P.C., Adel, and Norman Denenberg, Omaha, Nebraska, for appellant.

Mark McCormick of Belin Lamson McCormick Zumbach Flynn, P.C., Des Moines, for appellee.

NEUMAN, Justice.

Respect for the sound judgment of our trial courts leads us to rarely reverse discretionary decisions. But the facts surrounding this appeal persuade us that the Iowa court's denial of a stay pending trial in Nebraska permitted unreasonable—in fact, blatant—forum shopping by the plaintiff who summarily prevailed here. We therefore reverse.

I. Background Facts and Proceedings.

The pertinent facts are essentially undisputed...

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