Merle Norman Cosmetics v. Martin

ARCENEAUX, District Judge.

Currently before the Court are the separate motions of the defendants Robert and Jeannette Martin (“Martins”), residents of Louisiana, and Martin’s Cosmetics and Gifts, Inc. (“MC & G”), a corporation incorporated, headquartered and with its principal place of business in Louisiana, to transfer this case (hereafter sometimes “the Louisiana suit”) to the United States District Court for the Central District of California. These motions are only two of a host of motions spawned by a dispute between plaintiff and defendants that arises from a manufacturer-independent…