I & M RAIL LINK v. Northstar Navigation

OPINION and ORDER

NORGLE, District Judge.

Before the court is Defendant’s Motion to Dismiss for improper venue and, in the alternative, for lack of personal jurisdiction. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(b)(3), 12(b)(2). For the following reasons, Defendant’s motion is denied. The court, however, transfers this case to the Western Division of the Northern District of Illinois.

I. BACKGROUND

This is a maritime case about a bridge-barge collision on the “Mighty Mississippi.” See generally Mark Twain, Life on the Mississippi (Harper & Row Ed.1965).

Plaintiff I & M Rail Link (“I & M”) owns a railroad bridge that…