Legal Opinion
David M. Cummings v. United States of America and Colonel James M. Sigler
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided June 16, 1981No. 80-2298PublishedCited by 27 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Alvin B. RUBIN, Circuit Judge:
Forum shopping is an American lawyers’ practice made possible by the existence of various courts of concurrent jurisdiction. Both economists and legal historians should find the practice quaint as well as inefficient. It permits litigants to exert inordinate effort for the purpose of seeking not merely a fair trial but a forum they consider more receptive to their cause, and requires courts to squander public resources in adjudicating the propriety of manipulative efforts to gain access to the forum considered most hospitable to the litigants’ interests.
This suit…
2Cases cited20 opinions
- Tomas Menchaca and Wife, Irma Menchaca v. Chrysler Credit CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
- Lambert Run Coal Co. v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Juan Roberto OAXACA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Egger L. ROSCOE, Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- Louis Edward GREEN, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. FORNEY ENGINEERING COMPANY, Defendant-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1979
- California v. ArizonaSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
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3Cited by27 opinions
- Tommy Duane Thomas, Jr. And Marilyn Kay Terrell, His Parent and Guardian, and United States of America v. Gerald Shelton and Barbara SheltonCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1984
- Reid v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
- John M. Hagerty v. Succession of Laura McCloskey ClementCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1984
- Coghlan v. StarkeyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1988
- Donald R. Foval v. First National Bank of Commerce in New Orleans, and Robert D. BrownCourt of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1988
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