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Section 13-425 - Inconvenient forum

Inconvenient forum

When any District of Columbia court finds that in the interest of substantial justice the action should be heard in another forum, the court may stay or dismiss such civil action in whole or in part on any conditions that may be just.

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(July 29, 1970, 84 Stat. 549, Pub. L. 91-358, title I, § 132(a).)

HISTORICAL AND STATUTORY NOTES

Prior Codifications
1981 Ed., § 13-425.
1973 Ed., § 13-425.

Current through September 13, 2012

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