Legal Opinion
Umbriac v. American Snacks, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided January 27, 1975No. Civ. 74-549PublishedCited by 57 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
HIGGINBOTHAM, District Judge.
This is a class action and I must presently decide whether to grant defendants’ motion to transfer this case from the Eastern District of Pennsylvania to the District of Massachusetts under 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) after having denied a similar motion to transfer in an individual action involving many of the same parties, the same factual allegations, and the same cause of action. For reasons hereinafter discussed, I am granting defendants’ transfer motions in spite of my ruling in the individual action brought by the same named plaintiffs. A brief statement of…
2Cases cited24 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Koster v. (American) Lumbermens Mutual Casualty Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Hoffman v. BlaskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- Shutte v. Armco Steel Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1970
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3Cited by57 opinions
- Walton v. Eaton Corp.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1977
- Dura-Bilt Corp. v. Chase Manhattan Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 96,173 Michael Susman v. Lincoln American Corp., Ann Flamm and Arnold Flamm v. Rudolph Eberstadt, Jr. And Microdot, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1977
- Kline v. WolfCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- Gray v. Greyhound Lines, EastCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1976
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