· 2/14/1956
Joe W. Collins, as Committee for Travious Riddle Collins, Incompetent v. American Automobile Insurance Company of St. Louis, Missouri
Citations
- 230 F.2d 416
- 1956 U.S. App. LEXIS 4873
How courts have described this case
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- explaining procedural provisions are those which “promote practicality, convenience, and the integrity of local practice”
- reversing a district court’s forum non conveniens dismissal of an action where the district court had held that the plaintiff could pursue his case in Louisiana, and noting that transfer, not dismissal, is the proper procedure in such circumstances
- “more obfuscation than clarification is achieved through the undiscriminating use of the labels ‘procedural’ and ‘substantive’ ”
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Judges: Clark, Medina, Waterman
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