Legal Opinion
Deborah Linnell and George H. Linnell v. Angelyn Alexander Sloan
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided December 4, 1980No. 79-1658PublishedCited by 39 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
WINTER, Circuit Judge:
This appeal concerns the proper choice-of-law rules to be applied when the venue of a civil action is transferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (1976), the federal forum non conveniens statute. Deborah and George Linnell, Maryland residents, originally brought this diversity action, arising out of an automobile accident, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the defendant’s domicile. Pursuant to § 1404(a), that court transferred the action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia. The district court in…
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