Legal Opinion
Norwood v. Kirkpatrick
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided April 11, 1955No. 337PublishedCited by 767 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Minton
The three petitioners, dining car employees, filed separate suits in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, against the Atlantic Coast Line Railroad Co. They sued under the Federal Employers' Liability Act for injuries received upon the *30derailment of one of defendant’s trains near Dillon, South Carolina. The defendant filed motions to dismiss or, in the alternative, to transfer the cases to the Florence Division of the Eastern District of South Carolina. The District Court denied the motions to dismiss and granted the motions to transfer under 28 U. S. C. §…
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