Legal Opinion
Berg v. MTC Electronics Technologies Co.
California Court of Appeal
Decided February 5, 1998No. B109755PublishedCited by 36 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
ZEBROWSKI, J.
This shareholder action raises questions of forum non conveniens. Two issues predominate. The first concerns the effect on forum non conveniens analysis of a clause by which a party submits to jurisdiction in California. The second concerns the circumstances in which a case filed in California by a California resident can properly be stayed pending litigation elsewhere.
The trial court stayed the instant action in favor of litigation of several similar suits pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York in Brooklyn (EDNY). The instant…
2Cases cited25 opinions
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