Legal Opinion
United States v. National City Lines, Inc.
Supreme Court of the United States
Decided June 21, 1948No. 544PublishedCited by 145 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Rutledge
In United States v. Scophony Corp., 333 U. S. 795, we recently considered the meaning and effect of § 12 of the Clayton Act,1 providing for venue and service of process in civil antitrust proceedings against private corporations. This case brings before us another phase of the section’s effect in like proceedings. The principal ques*575tion, and the only one we find it necessary to consider, is whether the choice of forums given to the plaintiff by § 12 is subject to qualification by judicial application of the doctrine of jorum non conveniens.
The suit was brought by the United States against…
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- Eastman Kodak Co. v. Southern Photo Materials Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1927
- United States v. GriffithSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
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