Opinion ID: 54041
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 4

Heading: The Burden on the Citizens

Text: The final public interest factor, the interest in avoiding an unfair burden on citizens in an unrelated forum with jury duty, weighs in favor of dismissal. As noted, Mexico has a far greater interest in this case than Texas. This case has no connection to Texas. Jury duty should not be imposed on the citizens of Texas in a case that is so slightly connected with this state. See Nolan, 762 F.Supp. at 685 (citing Pain v. United Tech. Corp., 637 F.2d 775, 792 (D.C.Cir.1980)); see also In re Bridgestone/Firestone, 420 F.3d 702, 705 (7th Cir.2005) (The citizens of the Western District of Texas have no connection to the Mañez-Reyes accident. The family does not reside there, the accident did not occur there, and the tires at issue were neither designed nor manufactured there.). The weight of the public interest factors strongly supports dismissal of this case. Mexico is the focal point of this case, and Mexican law will most likely apply. Numerous issues of Mexican law have already been raised by the parties. Texas has much less connection with, and lower interest in, this case than does Mexico.