Forum choice between state and federal courts favored corporate defendants

Evidence

On the other hand, procedure and jurisdiction, those most lawyerly of subjects, were never merely neutral instruments. They made a difference. The choice between state and federal courts, for example, was not value-​free. The big corporate interests much preferred the federal courts, in personal injury cases. They bent every muscle to shift cases to that forum. — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 2378

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Conflict-of-laws rules exist to keep forum choice from altering primary law — Henry M. Hart, Jr. and Albert M. Sacks, The Legal Process: Basic Problems in…, 2959; Continuing business relations avoided courts in favor of private settlement and arbitration — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3065; Most Fourteenth Amendment litigation served corporate rather than Black rights — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project: A New American Origin…, 552 (+1 more)

Broader Connections

• Continuing business relations avoided courts in favor of private settlement and arbitration #corroborates (0.75) — Lawrence M. Friedman, A History of American Law, 3065
• Most Fourteenth Amendment litigation served corporate rather than Black rights #corroborates (0.72) — Nikole Hannah-Jones et al., The 1619 Project, 552