Legal Opinion

Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. v. UOP, Inc.

District Court, N.D. Oklahoma

Decided March 20, 1978No. 75-C-383-CPublishedCited by 9 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER

COOK, District Judge.

The Court has before it for consideration the motion of the plaintiffs to transfer this action to the United States District Court for the District of the Virgin Islands, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). This action was brought to recover damages allegedly resulting from an explosion which occurred at an oil refinery owned by plaintiff Hess Oil Virgin Islands Corp. (HOVIC) and located in St. Croix, U. S. Virgin Islands. . Plaintiffs contend that the suit was filed in this judicial district simply because one of the. defendants, Word Industries Pipe Fabricating, Inc.…

2Cases cited17 opinions

  1. Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
  2. Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
  3. Hoffman v. BlaskiSupreme Court of the United States · 1960
  4. Robert S. Solomon v. Continental American Life Insurance CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1973
  5. United States v. BerkowitzCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1964

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A Division of Unisource Corp., Zellerbach Paper Company, a Division of Crown Zellerbach Corporation. Appeal of State of Washington, in No. 81-2343. State of Missouri v. Boise Cascade Corporation, Champion International Corporation, Crown Zellerbach Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Hammermill Paper Company, International Paper Company, Kimberly Clark Corporation, the Mead Corporation, Potlatch Corporation, Scott Paper Company, St. Regis Paper Company, Union Camp Corporation, Wausau Paper Mills Company, Westvaco Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company Corporation, Butler Paper Company, Graham Paper Company, Bermingham & Prosser Company, Distribix, Inc. Paper Supply Company, and Shaughnessy-Kniep-Hawe Paper Company. Appeal of State of Missouri, in No. 81-2344. The State of Oregon, on Its Own Behalf and on Behalf of Its Cities, Counties, and Other Political Subdivisions v. Boise Cascade Corporation, Champion International Corporation, Crown Zellerbach Corporation, Great Northern Nekoosa Corporation, Hammermill Paper Company, International Paper Company, Kimberly Clark Corporation, the Mead Corporation, Potlatch Corporation, Scott Paper Company, St. Regis Paper Company, Union Camp Corporation, Wausau Paper Mills Company, Westvaco Corporation, Weyerhaeuser Company, Blake, Moffitt & Towne, Division of Saxon Industries, Inc., Carpenter-Offutt Paper Company, Division of Unisource Corporation, Western Paper Company, Division of Hammermill Paper Company, and Zellerbach Paper Company, Division of Crown Zellerbach Corporation. Appeal of State of Oregon, in No. 81-2345. The State of California, on Behalf of Itself and All Political Subdivisions, Public Agencies and Districts Within the State Similarly Situated v. 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