Legal Opinion
Naughton v. Pennsylvania R. Co.
District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania
Decided July 27, 1949No. Civ. 6472, 6733, 6845, 8026, 8032, 8247, 8250, 8469, 8473, 8635PublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KIRKPATRICK, Chief Judge.
These are ten actions under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act, 45 U.S.C.A. § 51 et seq. all against the same defendant, the Pennsylvania Railroad Company, and all instituted and now pending in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. The defendant has moved, under Section 1404(a) of the Judicial Code, 28 U.S.C.A., to have nine of them transferred to the Western District of Pennsylvania and one (Naughton) to the Middle District.
Except for the Naughton case, all the accidents involved in these suits occurred in the Western District of Pennsylvania-four at Altoona, four…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Ex Parte CollettSupreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Williams v. Green Bay & Western RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1946
- United States v. National City Lines, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
- Kilpatrick v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1949
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3Cited by35 opinions
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- Ferguson v. Ford Motor Co.District Court, S.D. New York · 1950
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