Legal Opinion
Hayman Cash Register Co. v. Sarokin
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 1, 1982No. 81-2760PublishedCited by 143 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
VAN DUSEN, Senior Circuit Judge.
This petition for a writ of mandamus or prohibition involves the power of a district court to retransfer a case to its original forum after a transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a). Because we conclude that the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey did not adequately consider the law of the case doctrine, we hold that the New Jersey district court should vacate its order retransferring the case to the United States District Court for the District of Columbia.
I. Procedural History
In December 1979, plaintiff-respondent…
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