Johns-Manville Sales Corporation v. United States of America, Johns-Manville Corporation and Johns-Manville Sales Corporation v. United States

This is an interlocutory appeal from a venue determination by the United States District Court for the District of Colorado, 601 F.Supp. 170 (1985). We consider only the single question that the district court certified for our review: Whether the plaintiffs can bring suit against the United States in Colorado as residents of that state under 28 U.S.C. §§ 1391(e), 1402(b) (1982). The plaintiffs’ principal place of business is in Colorado, but they are incorporated respectively in New York and Delaware.

After reviewing the briefs and hearing oral argument, we join the view of other circuits and…