Legal Opinion
Mobley v. Southern Railway Co.
District of Columbia Court of Appeals
Decided August 8, 1980No. 14106PublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MACK, Associate Judge:
Billy Mobley, a resident of North Carolina at the time this suit commenced, was injured outside Arlington, Virginia, while working for Southern Railway Company (Southern), a Virginia corporation. He brought this suit in the District of Columbia where Southern maintains its corporate headquarters, under three federal statutes: the Federal Employers’ Liability Act (FELA), the Federal Safety Appliance Act, and the Boiler Inspection Act. 1 Southern filed a Motion to Dismiss based on forum non conveniens. After extensive discovery, limited to the jurisdictional issue, 2 the…
2Cases cited17 opinions
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- Missouri Ex Rel. Southern Railway Co. v. MayfieldSupreme Court of the United States · 1950
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