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GILES v. WESTERN AIR LINES

Civ. No. 2463.

73 F.Supp. 616 (1947)

GILES v. WESTERN AIR LINES, Inc.

District Court, D. Minnesota, Fourth Division.

September 16, 1947.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Paul J. McGough and Wright W. Brooks (of Faegre & Benson), both of Minneapolis, Minn., for defendant in support of said motion.

William H. DeParcq and Chester D. Johnson, both of Minneapolis, Minn., for plaintiff in opposition thereto.

NORDBYE, District Judge.

The above-entitled cause comes before the Court on defendant's motion to dismiss on the grounds that this Court is an inconvenient and inappropriate forum for the trial of plaintiff's alleged cause of action.

Defendant bases its motion on the recent case of Gulf Oil Corp. v. Gilbert, 330 U.S. 501, 67 S.Ct. 839. It invokes the doctrine of forum non conveniens. The instant action is one of tort arising...

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