Legal Opinion

Thomas & Betts Corp. v. Hayes

District Court, W.D. Tennessee

Decided September 16, 2002No. 02CV4790D APublishedCited by 5 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

ORDER GRANTING DEFENDANTS MOTIONS TO TRANSFER

DONALD, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court upon the motions of Defendants, Paul J. Hayes; Weingarten, Schurgin, Gagnebin, & Lebo-vici, LLP (“Weingarten”); and Mintz, Lev-in, Cohn, Ferris, Glovsky and Popeo, P.C. (“Mintz”), to dismiss, stay or transfer. For the following reasons, this Court grants Defendants’ motions to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Massachusetts.

The general rule applicable when duplicative lawsuits are pending in separate federal courts is “that the entire action…

2Cases cited4 opinions

  1. Moses v. Business Card Express, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1991
  2. Plating Resources, Inc. v. UTI Corp.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 1999
  3. Daimler-Chrysler Corp. v. General Motors Corp.District Court, N.D. Ohio · 2001
  4. Plough, Inc. v. Allergan, Inc.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 1990

3Cited by5 opinions

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  3. Time Warner Cable, Inc. v. GPNE CORP.District Court, D. Delaware · 2007
  4. Ellipsis, Inc. v. Colorworks, Inc.District Court, W.D. Tennessee · 2004
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