CSX Transportation, Inc. v. Southern Coal and Land Company, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY CENTRAL DIVISION FRANKFORT CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC., ) ) Plaintiff, ) Case: 3:19-cv-00056-GFVT ) V. ) MEMORANDUM OPINION ) & SOUTHERN COAL AND LAND ) ORDER COMPANY, INC., ) ) Defendant. ) *** *** *** *** Sometimes it is unfair and unconstitutional for a defendant to be required to defend a lawsuit in an out of state forum. If there is not enough contacts with the forum, then the court has no personal jurisdiction and no power to decide the case. That is precisely the argument made here by Southern Coal and Land Company, Inc. As…