# Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno > Supreme Court of the United States · January 25, 1982 · 454 U.S. 235 URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9428541 ## Case - **Full name:** PIPER AIRCRAFT CO. v. REYNO, PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ESTATES OF FEHILLY Et Al. - **Court:** Supreme Court of the United States - **Decided:** January 25, 1982 - **Citations:** 454 U.S. 235; 102 S. Ct. 252; 70 L. Ed. 2d 419; 1981 U.S. LEXIS 133 - **Precedential status:** Published - **Opinion:** Concurring in part by White - **Judges:** Marshall, Burger, Blackmun, Rehnquist, White, Stevens, Brennan, Powell, O'Connor - **Cited by:** 4,524 later opinions in the Frix Law Library ## Citator (automated) - **Yellow flag:** Declined to follow by Myers v. Boeing Company, 115 Wash. 2d 123 (1990). - Negative treatments: 1 - Distinguished by: 2 - Full citator and citing cases: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9428541 ## How later opinions describe it (automated extraction) - concluding, although plaintiff “would have greater access to sources of proof relevant to her strict liability and negligence theories if trial were held here ...,” that “the District Court did not act unreasonably in concluding that fewer evi-dentiary problems would be posed … - holding that "[w]hen [a plaintiff's] home forum has been chosen, it is reasonable to assume that this choice is convenient. When the plaintiff is foreign, however, this assumption is much less reasonable. Because the central purpose of any forum non conveniens inquiry is to en… - explaining that it is “not necessary” that a defendant seeking forum non conveniens dismissal “submit affidavits identifying the witnesses they would call and the testimony these witnesses would provide if the trial were held in the alternative forum” but rather need only prov… - concluding that “this district is clearly more convenient for Plaintiffs than the Western District of North Carolina” because now-former plaintiffs lived and worked in this district, the particular vending machine from which those plaintiffs allegedly made purchases was locate… - finding that although the relatives of the decedents would not be able to rely on a strict liability theory if the case was dismissed for forum non conveniens for re-filing in Scottish courts, and although the potential damages award may be smaller there, there was no danger t… ## Opinion text Justice White, concurring in part and dissenting in part. I join Parts I and II of the Court’s opinion. However, like Justice Brennan and Justice Stevens, I would not proceed to deal with the issues addressed in Part III. To that extent, I am in dissent. --- Source: Frix Law Library, https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/cases/9428541. Public record. Not legal advice.