Sky Technology Partners, LLC v. Midwest Research Institute

OPINION AND ORDER

HOLSCHUH, District Judge.

This is a diversity action, removed to this Court, in which plaintiff asserts claims of breach of contract, promissory estoppel, fraud and conversion in connection with the alleged agreement that plaintiff would develop and operate a web site to auction specialty chemicals, for which plaintiff was to receive a 10 percent equity interest in the new company. This matter is now before the Court on defendants’ motion to dismiss for improper venue under 28 U.S.C. § 1406(a) or, in the alternative, to transfer this action to the United States District Court…