Moore v. Rohm & Haas Co.

OPINION

GRIFFIN, Circuit Judge.

Plaintiffs appeal an order of the district court dismissing this case without prejudice on the basis of improper and/or inconvenient venue. We reverse and remand for further proceedings. In doing so, we hold that under both the Labor Management Relations Act (“LMRA”) and the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) venue was properly laid in the Northern District of Ohio.

I

Plaintiffs-appellants, thirteen retired employees purporting to be representatives of a potential class, appeal the district court’s dismissal without prejudice of their civil…