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Simplifying The Choice Of Forum: A Reply, Kevin M. Clermont, Theodore Eisenberg
Simplifying The Choice Of Forum: A Reply, Kevin M. Clermont, Theodore Eisenberg
Cornell Law Faculty Publications
We have three things to think about here, as the real estate agents say—“location, location, location.” Accordingly, the two of us have engaged for several years in empirical studies aimed at gauging the effect of forum on case outcome. The results to date strongly suggest that forum really matters. An early piece of the puzzle fell into place in our study of venue. In that article, we examined the benefits and costs of the federal courts scheme of transfer of civil venue “in the interest of justice.” Ours was a pretty straightforward and simple cost-benefit analysis, but we supported it …