In Re Smith Barney, Inc.

in which PHILLIPS, Chief Justice, GONZALEZ, OWEN and ABBOTT, Justices joined.

The issue in this mandamus proceeding is whether the district court abused its discretion by denying defendant’s motion to dismiss the underlying litigation on the basis of forum non conveniens. We deny relief.

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Relator Smith Barney, Inc., a Delaware corporation with its principal place of business in New York, has been sued by five plaintiffs: The Privatization Group, Inc., a Texas corporation doing business only in New York (“TPGI-TX”); George Borey, a citizen of Poland residing in New York City; Pawel Jagiello, a…