 | United States. Supreme Court - 1953 - 874 pages
...eyes of his community on the basis of an unproved story. At least since Magna Charta some 4 28 USC § 1404 (a) provides: ''For the convenience of parties...civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought." A companion statute, 28 USC § 1406 (a), provides: "The district court... | |
 | United States. Interstate Commerce Commission - 1930 - 826 pages
...order as is provided by law in Section 1404. Change of venue. — (a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district...civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. (b) Upon motion, consent or stipulation of all parties, any action, suit... | |
 | United States - 1971 - 1104 pages
...section 2222; title 50 section 167Í. § 1404. Change of venue. (a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district...civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. (b) Upon motion, consent or stipulation of all parties, any action, suit... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1948 - 312 pages
...district courts. Section 1404 (a) of the bill reads as follows: (a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district...civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. In reporting this bill out favorably, the House Committee on the Judiciary... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1948 - 350 pages
...the same defendants in the district court." • 3. Section 1404 (a) : "For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action originally instituted in said court to any other district or division where it might have been brought,... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on the Judiciary - 1948 - 356 pages
....sued the same defendants in the district court." 3. Section 1404 (a) : "For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action originally instituted in said court to any other district or division where it might have been brought,... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - 1949 - 980 pages
...Gilbert, 330 US 501, 505 (1947). The new Code, however, provides that "For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district...civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought." This is § 1404 (a). The reviser's notes, which accom4 At least five district... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1949 - 974 pages
...says; and that Congress was fully informed as to the significance 2 "For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district...civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought." This provision beciime effective Sept. 1 1948. Act of June 25, 1048, 62... | |
 | United States - 1951 - 632 pages
...[As codified June 25. 1948.} [28 USC, § 1404-.} CHANGE OF VENUE (a) For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district...civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. (b) Upon motion, consent or stipulation of all parties, any action, suit... | |
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For the convenience of parties and witnesses, in the interest of justice, a district court may transfer any civil action to any other district or division where it might have been brought. 
