Lafferty v. St. Riel

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “a federal court must apply the substantive laws of its forum state in diversity action”
• holding that “a federal court must apply the substantive laws of its forum state in diversity action”
• stating that § 1406(a) comes into play when plaintiffs have filed in an improper forum and district courts are required to either dismiss or transfer the case
• providing that “Section 1404(a) transfers are discretionary determinations made for the convenience of the parties”
• providing that “Section 1404(a) transfers are discretionary determinations made for the convenience of the parties.”
• explaining that if venue is proper where the case is brought, then the court must conduct its transfer analysis pursuant to Section 1404(a)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).