Parsons v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., 375 U.S. 71 (1963)

Name: Parsons v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., 375 U.S. 71 (1963) - Syllabus
Author: U.S. Supreme Court

Parsons v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co.

No. 32

Argued October 23, 1963
Decided November 12, 1963
375 U.S. 71

CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE SEVENTH CIRCUIT

Syllabus

A Federal District Court is not divested of discretion to deny a motion under 28 U.S.C. §1404(a) to transfer a suit brought therein to another district when a suit upon the same cause of action, brought earlier in a state court in the same city, had been dismissed by the state court on the ground of form non conveniens. Pp. 71-74.

307 F.2d 924, reversed.

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Chicago: U.S. Supreme Court, "Syllabus," Parsons v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., 375 U.S. 71 (1963) in 375 U.S. 71 Original Sources, accessed April 17, 2025, http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8KWM9RAVMEPVGJQ.

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Harvard: U.S. Supreme Court, 'Syllabus' in Parsons v. Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Co., 375 U.S. 71 (1963). cited in 1963, 375 U.S. 71. Original Sources, retrieved 17 April 2025, from http://originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=8KWM9RAVMEPVGJQ.

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