Legal Opinion
Calhoun v. Ford
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 5, 1980No. 79-2617PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Per curiam
Appellants filed this diversity action in the federal district court for the Eastern District of Louisiana on August 3, 1978. Because venue was improper in the Eastern District, the case was transferred to the Western District of Louisiana. Subsequent to the transfer, the judge in the Western District dismissed the action with prejudice pursuant to the defendants’ Motion to Dismiss. Appellants appeal that action. We affirm.
The issue presented in this appeal is whether Fed.R.Civ.P. Rule 31 or La.Rev. *577Stat.Ann. § 9:58012 governs the determination of when- the plaintiffs’ suit was commenced for…
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