Legal Opinion
Gertrude D. Willis v. Weil Pump Company
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 31, 1955No. 226, Docket 23433PublishedCited by 19 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
FRANK, Circuit Judge.
1. In the district court, defendant moved for dismissal of the complaint because of improper venue. Defendant argued thus: Neither party is a resident of New York, and the New York courts will not entertain suits relative to a tort which occurred elsewhere; therefore the district court sitting in New York cannot entertain a suit where jurisdiction rests on diversity of citizenship. We think this contention untenable here for two reasons: (1) The refusal of the New York courts to deal with such a suit is but a state rule of forum non conveniens. Such a rule does not…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- Angel v. BullingtonSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Taylor v. New York Central R.R. Co.New York Court of Appeals · 1945
- Komlos v. Compagnie Nationale Air FranceCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1954
- In re the Probate of the Will of MorrisonAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York · 1946
3Cited by19 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Boston, Massachusetts on July 31, 1973District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1975
- Jaftex Corp. v. Randolph Mills, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1960
- A. Thomson and F. Hope v. Edmund L. Palmieri, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New YorkCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
- Fiorenza v. United States Steel International, Ltd.District Court, S.D. New York · 1969
- Ciprari v. Servicos Aereos Cruzeiro Do Sul, SA (Cruzeiro)District Court, S.D. New York · 1964
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