Legal Opinion
Robinson v. Coos Bay Pulp Corp.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided February 5, 1945No. 8620PublishedCited by 20 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MARIS, Circuit Judge.
We are called upon on this appeal to delimit the application of Section 51 of the Judicial Code, the federal venue statute.1 The plaintiff, a citizen of the State of New Jersey, brought suit in the District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against the defendant, a corporation incorporated under the laws of the State of Washington, for an accounting for commissions alleged to be in excess of $3,000 and for judgment. Service of the writ and complaint was made upon an officer-director of the defendant at his office in the City of Chester in the Eastern District…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Neirbo Co. v. Bethlehem Shipbuilding Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1939
- In Re Keasbey & Mattison Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1895
- Lee v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1923
- Commercial Casualty Insurance v. Consolidated Stone Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1929
- Cummer-Graham Co. v. Straight Side Basket Corp.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1943
3Cited by20 opinions
- Remington Rand, Inc. v. Knapp-Monarch CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1956
- McCoy v. SilerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1953
- Davis v. SmithDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1954
- Knott Corporation v. FurmanCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1947
- City of Philadelphia v. Morton Salt CompanyDistrict Court, E.D. Pennsylvania · 1965
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