Monday, November 29th, 2010
DAlaska: Diversity Venue, Transfer, and Personal Jurisdiction
Diversity venue; inter-district transfer: District of Alaska Judge John Sedwick has denied Oregon defendants’ motion to transfer a diversity case from Alaska.
The plaintiff relied on Section 1391(a)(2), which focuses on the loci of events leading to the claims, to establish venue. Sedwick agreed, and then addressed defedants’ motion to transfer the case […]