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PARSONS v. CHESAPEAKE & O. R. CO.

No. 32.

375 U.S. 71 (1963)

84 S.Ct. 185

11 L.Ed.2d 137

PARSONS, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE, v. CHESAPEAKE & OHIO RAILWAY CO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided November 12, 1963.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John J. Naughton argued the cause and filed briefs for petitioner.

Charles J. O'Laughlin argued the cause for respondent. With him on the brief was Philip W. Tone.

PER CURIAM.

The question presented by this case is whether a federal district judge in an action brought under the Federal Employers' Liability Act is divested of all discretion to deny a § 1404 (a) transfer motion,1 when a suit upon the same cause of action, earlier brought in a state court in the same city, was dismissed by the state court on the ground of forum non conveniens.

Jack Filbrun commenced a Federal Employers...

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