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WILLIAMS v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION

No. 36325.

240 F.Supp. 562 (1965)

Elery WILLIAMS v. CENTRAL GULF STEAMSHIP CORPORATION.

United States District Court E. D. Pennsylvania.

April 23, 1965.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Dorfman, Philadelphia, Pa., for plaintiff.

John T. Biezup, Philadelphia, Pa., for defendant.

WOOD, District Judge.

This is a motion by the defendant under 28 U.S.C.A. § 1404(a) to transfer this Jones Act action to the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana at New Orleans.

The defendant claims that it will be inconvenient, expensive and time-consuming to litigate the plaintiff's claim in this District. We decline to grant the motion for the following reasons:

1. The plaintiff's choice of forum is entitled to...

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