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· 11/6/1972

Jerkins v. United States

Citations

  • 409 U.S. 987
  • 93 S. Ct. 341

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • stating that forum-selection clauses must be given “‘controlling weight in all but the most exceptional cases.’”
  • stating that forum-selection clauses must be given “‘controlling weight in all but the most exceptional cases.’”
  • in order to obtain review “party challenging the transfer would have to move for a retransfer of his action and then appeal an adverse ruling”
  • in Stewart, “the Supreme Court concluded that federal law, not state law, resolved the issue of whether a court should transfer a case,” with emphasis in the original
  • “This court has held that we have no jurisdiction to review a decision to transfer venue rendered by a district court in another circuit.”

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