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Parsons v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided November 12, 1963No. 32PublishedCited by 104 opinions
1Per curiam
The question presented by this case is whether a federal district judge in an action brought under the Federal Employers’ Liability Act is divested of all discretion to deny a § 1404 (a) transfer motion, 1 when a suit upon the same cause of action, earlier brought in a state court in the same city, was dismissed by the state court on the ground of forum non conveniens.
Jack Filbrun commenced a Federal Employers’ Liability Act suit for personal injuries against the respondent railroad in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois. On the respondent’s motion the state court dismissed the action…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Cotton v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadIllinois Supreme Court · 1958
3Cited by104 opinions
- Van Dusen v. BarrackSupreme Court of the United States · 1964
- Schneider v. SearsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1967
- Hall v. EI Du Pont De Nemours & Co., Inc.District Court, E.D. New York · 1972
- Reyno v. Piper Aircraft Co.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1980
- Villar v. Crowley Maritime Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1993
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