346 F. Supp. 968 - Parham v. Edwards’s Empirical Analysis

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8 federal appellate · 3 district · 1 state decisions

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1. “I realize that change of venue has been permitted by some courts where actions were erroneously brought in a district and where failure to transfer would prevent adjudication of the merits because the statute of limitations would bar a new action in the proper jurisdiction. Founds v. Shedaker, D.C., 278 F.Supp. 32 ; Choryak v. Petrick, D.C., 213 F.Supp. 729 . However, I do not think that justice or judicial discretion requires transfer of a diversity action from a district where a limitation period favorable to plaintiff but no personal jurisdiction over defendants exists to a district in another state in which service has been obtained in a similar suit but under the law of such state the action is barred.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haire v. Miller

2. “What [plaintiffs] seek to do here is to obtain a transfer of the case to Alabama where service can be properly made. Since the Georgia statute of limitations governs- the transferred action, the result would be that plaintiffs will have the advantage of the longer period of limitations as well as means of perfecting service.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Haire v. Miller

3. “(g)ood reason for transfer under § 1404(a) exists where service of process can thereby be obtained,”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Ellis v. Great Southwestern Corp.