Labels:book | reckoner | sky | tree | windowpane OCR: course. some within the states may prefer local rules; but the Union was formed with the definite design nt freeing maritime commerce from intolerable restrictions incident to such con trol. The subject national Local interest must yield to the common welfare The Constitution 15 supreme Wushington 264 U.S. at 228. The Doctrine of Forum Non Conveniens Isan Essential and Characteristic : of Admiralty Jurisdiction The doctrine un10f j0 non convenens is the legal prin- ciple which governs the discretionary exercise of jurisdiction in cases where the forum choser by the plaintiff may inconve nient for fair and efficient resolution of the dispute tt issue Pursuant this doctrine the trial court may in is discretion retain jurisdiction over the action ot dismiss the case subjecl protecting the rig ...