Media Matters’ Delay in Suing X Troubles Ninth Circuit Judges

X Corp. pursued defamation claims for 15 months across multiple venues against Media Matters for America before the liberal-leaning watchdog sought to consolidate those cases in San Francisco—a period that may be too long for a panel of appeals court judges who heard oral arguments Monday.

The appeals court judges honed in on Media Matters’ delay in invoking its contractual forum selection rights to force all of X’s suits to be consolidated in the San Francisco-based US District Court for the Northern District of California, the location of X’s former headquarters. X is asking the US Court of Appeals ...