Opinion ID: 181111
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Analysis of the Claims

Text: Finally, in balancing the convenience of the alternative forums, the district court disregarded a substantial portion of plaintiff's claims. In considering the application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens, a district court must analyze each claim brought, particularly if the causes of action asserted require different types of proof and evidence. Id. at 879. In this case, Zions' claim that it is a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument requires different proof and evidence from its claims for conversion and quantum valebant. [2] Thus, the district court was required to evaluate the ease of access to documents and witnesses as that factor pertains to Zions' holder-in-due-course claim separately from its other claims. The district court's discussion, set forth above, offers no separate analysis of the Gulf Oil factorsin particular the ease of access to witnesses and documentswith respect to Zions' claim that MDM is liable to Zions as a holder in due course of a negotiable instrument. Virtually all of the evidence in support of such claim would necessarily be documentary, most of which would presumably be located where the transaction occurred, which was Detroit, Michigan. In sum, the district court did not conduct a separate evaluation of each of the claims to determine which forum was best suited to resolve the litigation, as it was required to do under Duha. [3]