Paulownia Plantations de Panama Corp. v. Rajamannan

OPINION

MEYER, Justice.

Paulownia Plantations de Panama Corporation (PPP) invested in appellant Am-brose Harry Rajamannan’s plan to commercially grow trees in Panama. After the tree plantations failed, PPP brought suit in Minnesota, where Rajamannan resides and where PPP wired the majority of its investment money. The district court issued a forum non conveniens dismissal on the condition that Panama would accept jurisdiction of the case. The court of appeals reversed, concluding that a Panamanian “blocking statute” deprived Panama courts of jurisdiction when a case is dismissed by a foreign…