· 6/24/1983
John Sinclair v. Richard G. Kleindienst
Citations
- 711 F.2d 291
- 229 U.S. App. D.C. 13
- 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 26436
How courts have described this case
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- holding that complaint must give “defendant fair notice of the plaintiffs claim and the grounds upon which it rests”
- holding that complaint must give \defendant fair notice of plaintiff's claim and the grounds on which it rests\
- noting that transfer to a court with personal jurisdiction over the defendants makes “adjudication on the merits of plaintiffs claims possible”
- holding that transfer under an analogous transfer statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1406, is in the interest of justice where “without a transfer the cause of action would be barred by the running of the applicable statute of limitations”
- observing that “[r]efusal to transfer spells the end to the action, while transfer would not prejudice the defendants’ position on [the] merits”
- noting that \[t]ransfer is particularly appropriate where ... without a transfer the cause of action would be barred by the running of the applicable statute of limitations\
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Judges: Wald, Mikya, MacKinnon
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