IN RE: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP

No. 16-3682.

867 F.3d 390 (2017)

IN RE: HOWMEDICA OSTEONICS CORP, a New Jersey corporation and subsidiary of Stryker Corporation, Petitioner.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Opinion Filed: August 15, 2017.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Robert J. Carty, Jr. (Argued), Seyfarth Shaw, 700 Milam Street, Suite 1400, Houston, TX 77002, Michael D. Wexler , Seyfarth Shaw, 233 South Wacker Drive, Suite 8000, Chicago, IL 60606, Attorneys for Plaintiff-Petitioner Howmedica Osteonics Corp.

Jed L. Marcus (Argued), Bressler Amery & Ross, 325 Columbia Turnpike, Suite 301, Florham Park, NJ 07932, Attorney for Defendant-Respondents Brett Sarkisian, Keegan Freeman, Michael Nordyke, Taylor Smith, and Bryan Wyatt.

Leigh Ann Buziak , Anthony B. Haller (Argued), Rosemary McKenna , Blank Rome, 130 North 18th Street, One Logan Square, Philadelphia, PA 19103, David C. Kistler , Stephen M. Orlofsky , Blank Rome, 301 Carnegie Center, Third Floor, Princeton, NJ 08540, Attorneys for Defendant-Respondent DePuy Orthopaedics Inc.

Jeffery K. Brown (Argued), Erik M. Andersen , Payne & Fears, 4 Park Plaza, Suite 1100, Irvine, CA 92614, Robert B. Rosen , Hellring Lindeman Goldstein & Siegal, One Gateway Center, 8th Floor, Newark, NJ 07102, Attorneys for Defendant-Respondent Golden State Orthopaedics Inc.

Before: KRAUSE, SCIRICA, and FUENTES, Circuit Judges


OPINION OF THE COURT

In the absence of a forum-selection clause, a defendant in federal court may move under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) for a transfer to another district for "convenience" and "in the interest of justice." But where contracting parties have specified the forum in which they will litigate disputes arising...

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