A plaintiff's interest in obtaining vindication of reputation in their home town is a relevant consideration in cross-vesting applications involving defamation proceedings, even where the local cause of action has been struck out. The availability of a two-stage jury trial process in the proposed transferee jurisdiction is not a factor of significant weight where the same issue could be separately determined in the first court. The defendant's place of residence or business is not a 'default' tiebreaker when other connecting factors are evenly balanced.
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