Baltimore O. Rd. Co. v. Kepner

The question presented in this case is: May a state court of equity restrain a railroad company’s employee, injured in the course of his employment in the state of his residence while engaged in interstate commerce, from prosecuting a cause of action for such injury against his employer under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act in a federal District Court of a foreign state, in which district the railroad company was doing business at the time the action was commenced, on the ground that such action thus instituted would cause the railroad company unnecessary inconvenience and expense in the…