· 5/15/1970
Michael Lawrence Fine v. The Honorable Matthew F. McGuire United States District Judge
Citations
- 433 F.2d 499
- 139 U.S. App. D.C. 341
- 1970 U.S. App. LEXIS 9211
How courts have described this case
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- concluding that transfer statute “still requires the court to give consideration to the traditional factors” under forum non conveniens
- Section 1404(a) “requires the court to give consideration to the traditional factors, including the plaintiffs choice of forum.”
- transferee court, exercising discretion, “return[ed] the file in the District Court action to this jurisdiction to permit orderly consideration” of mandamus challenge to original transfer
- request granted returning case from the District of Maryland to the District of Columbia
- allegation that judge failed to provide hearing before transfer
- failure to provide a hearing
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Judges: Leventhal, MacKINNON, Per Curiam, Wilkey
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