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HIGGINS v. CALIFORNIA TANKER COMPANY

Civ. A. No. 1955. In Admiralty No. 1774.

166 F.Supp. 42 (1958)

Thomas G. HIGGINS, Plaintiff, v. CALIFORNIA TANKER COMPANY, Defendant. Thomas G. HIGGINS, Libellant, v. CALIFORNIA TANKER COMPANY Respondent.

United States District Court D. Delaware.

June 4, 1958.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold Leshem, Wilmington, Del., and Milton M. Borowsky (of Freedman, Landy & Lorry), Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff-libellant.

Robert H. Richards, Jr. (of Richards, Layton & Finger), Wilmington, Del., and C. Dickerman Williams (of Maclay, Morgan & Williams), New York City, for defendant-respondent.

CALEB M. WRIGHT, Chief Judge.

Motions to transfer under 28 U. S.C.A. § 1404(a) present a considerable problem to this court, especially when the application is to transfer to a contiguous district. However, in this litigation the trinity of convenience of parties, convenience of witnesses and interest of justice, justify the granting of transfer to the District Court for the District of New Jersey at Newark.

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