Legal Opinion
Mims v. Proctor and Gamble Distributing Company
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided September 1, 1966No. Civ. A. 66-276, 66-278PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HEMPHILL, District Judge.
Defendant asks this court to transfer companion cases from the District Court of South Carolina to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee, generally for the convenience of parties and witnesses, and in the interest of justice, and especially on twelve grounds subheaded and paragraphed in the motion. It seeks application of the doctrine of forum non conveniens under the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). 1 Plaintiffs resist, each insisting on (the) right to choose the forum within the limits of the Federal Venue statutes, 2 particularly…
2Cases cited36 opinions
- Erie Railroad v. TompkinsSupreme Court of the United States · 1938
- Klaxon Co. v. Stentor Electric Manufacturing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1941
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Norwood v. KirkpatrickSupreme Court of the United States · 1955
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3Cited by21 opinions
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- 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
- Mamani v. BustamanteDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2008
- Cincinnati Ins. Co. v. O'LEARY PAINT CO., INC.District Court, W.D. Michigan · 2009
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