Legal Opinion
Commercial Lighting Products, Inc. v. United States District Court
Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Decided June 30, 1976No. 75-3755PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
Before CHAMBERS, HUFSTEDLER, and GOODWIN, Circuit Judges. HUFSTEDLER, Circuit Judge:
Commercial Lighting Products, Inc. (“Commercial”) petitions for a writ of mandamus to set aside an order of the district court transferring to Michigan its action against Industrial Lighting Products Company (“Industrial”), Abrams, Potash and Goodman. The issue is whether 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) prohibits the district court from transferring a case, over the plaintiff’s objection, to another district in which the case could not have been brought initially. In Hoffman v. Blaski (1960) 363 U.S. 335, 80 S.Ct.…
2Cases cited7 opinions
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Hoffman v. BlaskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
- United States v. Scophony Corp. of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Pacific Car and Foundry Company v. Honorable Martin Pence, United States District Judge, District of Hawaii, and L. C. O'Neil Trucks Pty. LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1968
- United States v. National City Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1948
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3Cited by23 opinions
- Data Disc, Incorporated v. Systems Technology Associates, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1977
- Gary McDougald Cross-Appellant v. Vivian L. Jenson, Cross-Appellee, Clarence Ehli, Cross-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1986
- Ron Checki v. Richard WebbCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- Continental Air Lines, Inc. v. Hillblom (In Re Continental Air Lines, Inc.)District Court, S.D. Texas · 1986
- Florida Nursing Home Ass'n v. PageCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1980
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