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From: KMC
Date: 04 May 2002
Time: 11:22:49
Under reasonableness, the idea is neutrality. Thus, the plaintiff's interests in having a fair forum count as much as the defendant's interests in a fair forum. This is contrast to the traditional approach under the power test of looking only at the defendant's interests. For example, the poverty of a plaintiff is relevant to reasonableness but irrelevant to power.