Legal Opinion
Amalgamated Ass'n of Street, Electric Railway & Motor Coach Employees of America, Division No. 1127 v. Southern Bus Lines, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 24, 1949No. Nos. 12504, 12505PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, Circuit Judge.
These actions, brought by a labor union as a collective bargaining agency, joined by one employee, against Southern Bus Lines, Inc., as employer, are founded on the same collective contract but seek different relief. Both were dismissed for lack of venue in the district court for the Southern District of Mississippi, and because that court, if a proper venue, was forum non conveniens. The two appeals taken present the same questions.
The union is unincorporated, but has its headquarters at Shreveport, Louisiana. The employee plaintiff is an officer of the union and…
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