Opinion ID: 494208
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Heading: Interest of the Forum State

Text: 30 If California law governed the dispute, California would have a substantial interest in adjudicating it. See Jacobs/Kahan & Co. v. Marsh, 740 F.2d 587, 592 (7th Cir.1984). The parties, however, designated a foreign forum (i.e., Fiji) in the contract's controlling law provision, and California's interest in adjudicating this dispute in its courts is not particularly great. California's interest would be greater if the nonresidents in this case engaged in commercial activity that is subject to explicit statutory regulation in California (such as the sale of insurance to California residents or the issuance of shares in a California corporation) or in the alleged negligent manufacture of a product that caused physical injury to forum residents. Kipperman v. McCone, 422 F.Supp. 860, 874 (N.D.Cal.1976).