Legal Opinion
Gibson v. United States Lines
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided December 10, 1947No. Civ. A. Nos. 3735, 3744PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
CHESNUT, District Judge.
Motions have been made to dismiss the complaints in the above cases. Both motions present the same point, that the court lacks proper venue because the suits are not based on diverse citizenship but under the Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938, § 1 et seq., 29 U.S.C.A. § 201 et seq., and the defendants in both cases are corporations under the laws of a State other than Maryland, where the suits are brought in a federal district court. The point is made that the venue therefore does not meet the requirement of section 112 of title 28 of the United States Code Annotated,…
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