SHELLEY v. THE MACCABEES

Civ. No. 20123.

191 F.Supp. 742 (1961)

George SHELLEY, Plaintiff, v. THE MACCABEES, Emile A. Haar, David A. Hersh, Robert E. Morris, R. B. Twogood, T. L. Kester, L. F. Ayer, C. Robert Young, A. F. Devine and Joseph A. Navarre, Defendants.

United States District Court E. D. New York.

February 23, 1961.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Manning, Hollinger & Shea, New York City, for plaintiff, Bruce A. Hecker, New York City, of counsel.

Watters & Donovan, New York City, for defendants The Maccabees and Emile A. Haar, Francis A. McGrath, Brooklyn, N. Y., of counsel.


ZAVATT, District Judge.

This is a motion by the only defendants served (two out of a total of ten) to transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan (Southern Division) pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). It illustrates some of the problems (of the litigant's own making) which the courts encounter in diversity cases, having one plaintiff and multiple defendants who are citizens of several states.

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