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LINNELL v. SLOAN

No. 79-1658.

636 F.2d 65 (1980)

Deborah LINNELL and George H. Linnell, Appellants, v. Angelyn Alexander SLOAN, Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided December 4, 1980.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joseph C. Ruddy, Jr., Hyattsville, Md., for appellants.

David P. Durbin, Washington, D.C. (William O. Snead, III, Arlington, Va., on brief), for appellee.

Before WINTER, Circuit Judge, FIELD, Senior Circuit Judge, and ERVIN, Circuit Judge.

WINTER, Circuit Judge:

This appeal concerns the proper choice-of-law rules to be applied when the venue of a civil action is transferred pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a) (1976), the federal forum non conveniens statute. Deborah and George Linnell, Maryland residents, originally brought this diversity action, arising out of an automobile accident, in the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, the defendant's domicile. Pursuant to §...

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