Legal Opinion
Meagher v. Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Co.
District Court, N.D. Ohio
Decided January 24, 1962No. Civ. A. No. 37339Published
1Opinion of the Court
GREEN, Judge.
The plaintiff herein has filed a complaint seeking damages for personal injury under the Jones Act, 46 U.S.C.A. § 688, in the Northern District of Ohio, Eastern Division at Cleveland, Ohio. The defendant has moved for transfer of the action to the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, Eastern Division, by virtue of 28 U.S.C., § 1404(a), providing:
“For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought.”
The defendant’s motion is…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Gulf Oil Corp. v. GilbertSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad Company v. IgoeCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1955
- Nicol v. Koscinski, U.S. Dist. JudgeCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1951
- Saunders P. Lemon v. Honorable John H. Druffel, Judge of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Ohio, Western DivisionCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1958
- Andino v. the SS ClaiborneDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1957
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