BLANCO v. GULF COAST TRANSPORTATION, INC.

No. 10296.

235 F.Supp. 197 (1964)

Eugene BLANCO v. GULF COAST TRANSPORTATION, INC., and Delta Mud and Chemical Company.

United States District Court W. D. Louisiana, Lafayette Division.

October 27, 1964.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rhodes & Hunter, William D. Hunter, Berwick, La., for plaintiff.

Lemle & Kelleher, G. A. Frilot, III, and Phelps, Dunbar, Marks, Claverie & Sims, David D. Plater, New Orleans, La., for defendant Gulf Coast Transportation, Inc.

Davidson, Meaux, Onebane & Donohoe, John Allen Bernard, Lafayette, La., for defendant Delta Mud & Chemical Co.


PUTNAM, District Judge.

This is a motion to dismiss a Jones Act complaint for improper venue. Title 46 U.S.C.A. § 688 provides that the action provided for therein may be brought where defendant resides, or where his principal place of business is located. Defendant argues this to be the sole special venue provision applicable to Jones Act cases, unaffected by 28 U.S. C.A. § 1391(c) of the Judicial Code.

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