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· 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

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

  • 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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