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082935P.pdf   08/06/2009  Ronald Bacon  v.  Liberty Mutual Insurance
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  08-2935
   U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Iowa - Council Bluffs   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Murphy and Melloy, Circuit
   Judges]
   Civil case - insurance. Under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. Sec. 1404(a),
   the district court erred in dismissing suit under the doctrine of forum non
   conveniens; even if transfer under 1404(a) were unavailable, and
   Nebraska state court remained the only viable alternative forum, the court
   still erred in its application of traditional forum non conveniens
   principles; on remand, the district court should use Iowa's choice-of-law
   rules to determine whether Iowa or Nebraska law governs the suit.