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Forum shopping is the informal name given to the practice of attempting to get a case heard in the court thought most likely to provide a decision favorable to a plaintiff.

At times a plaintiff has a choice of bringing a case in one of several jurisdictions, by picking a federal rather than local jurisdiction, or a local rather than federal jurisdiction, or one of several localities.

Making that choice based on which court or judge or body of law or rules of evidence are most likely to favor the plaintiff's case, especially when the selection is obviously with this in mind, is termed forum shopping.

Forum shopping also happens in US Federal criminal trials, especially as certain Districts and Circuits are widely thought to be more likely to favor the Government's case in particular issues or trials. It is often claimed that the US Federal trials of alleged terrorists were forum shopped.

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Form shopping in US Terrorism Cases and the "DC Sniper" Case

Forum shopping in Patent and antitrust Cases (warning, pdf)

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