Legal Opinion
Sherwood Investments Overseas Ltd. v. Royal Bank (In Re Sherwood Investments Overseas Ltd.)
United States Bankruptcy Court, M.D. Florida
Decided December 9, 2010No. Bankruptcy No. 6:10-bk-00584-KSJ. Adversary No. 6:10-ap-00158-KSPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION DENYING DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO DISMISS FOR FORUM NON CONVE-NIENS
KAREN S. JENNEMANN, Bankruptcy Judge.
Defendant, the Royal Bank of Scotland N.V., f/k/a ABN AMRO Bank N.V. (“RBS”), asks the Court to dismiss this adversary proceeding on forum non conveniens grounds. 1 A court may dismiss an action when the plaintiffs choice of forum is unduly burdensome on the defendant and when transferring the case to another forum would not overly burden the plaintiff. Because retaining this adversary proceeding in Orlando will not significantly burden the defendant, and because transferring…
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