Legal Opinion
Ex Parte Collett
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided May 31, 1949No. 206MPublishedCited by 505 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Vinson
In this case we must, decide whether the venue provisions of the Judicial Code1 render applicable the doctrine of jorum non conveniens to actions under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act.2 Petitioner instituted such an action against the Louisville and Nashville Railroad in October, 1947, in the court below, the United States District Court for . the Eastern District of Illinois. No trial was had before September 1, 1948, the effective date of the present Judicial Code.3 Thereafter the Railroad filed a motion to transfer the case to the District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky.
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