Be-Jeweled, L.L.C. v. AIG Baker Orange Beach Wharf, L.L.C.

When a case is filed in an improper venue, the court in that venue, at least initially, has no authority to hear and decide that case. By the same token, such a court is not the proper court to make discretionary decisions regarding the management or prosecution of the case, including the discretionary decision of which of two or more other venues ought to receive the case under the doctrine of forum non conveniens. Cf. Ex parte Miller, Hamilton, Snider & Odom, LLC, 978 So.2d 12, 15-16 (Ala.2007) (Murdock, J., dissenting) (“[W]hen a case is pending in a court that has no authority over it…