GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY v. WATKINS

No. 9226.

326 F.2d 926 (1964)

The GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. The Honorable R. Dorsey WATKINS, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals Fourth Circuit.

Decided January 7, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles J. Merriam, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner.

Benjamin C. Howard, Baltimore, Md., for respondent.

Edward S. Irons, Washington, D. C., for Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. and McCreary Tire & Rubber Co.

Before BOREMAN, BRYAN, and J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judges.


J. SPENCER BELL, Circuit Judge.

Petitioner, The General Tire and Rubber Company, seeks mandamus against the Honorable R. Dorsey Watkins, United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, to compel him to:

(a) grant petitioner's Rule 19(b) motion to make the United States an additional party, and (b) grant petitioner's motions to either dismiss for lack of subject matter and venue jurisdiction or transfer the case to the United States District...

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