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RUSSELL v. CSX TRANSP., INC.

Nos. 96-CA-2151, 96-CA-2362.

689 So.2d 1354 (1997)

William R. RUSSELL, Sr. v. CSX TRANSPORTATION, INC.

Supreme Court of Louisiana.

February 25, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Raymond Joseph Salassi, Jr., Mark Wayne Mercante, New Orleans, for Applicant in Nos. 96-CA-2151 and 96-CA-2362.

Benjamin Burt Saunders, Blake George Arata, Jr., C. Perrin Rome, III, William Thomas D'Zurilla, for Respondent in Nos 96-CA-2151 and 96-CA-2362.

TRAYLOR, Justice.*

This case comes to this Court on direct appeal from the Civil District Court of Orleans Parish pursuant to Louisiana Constitution Article 5, Section 5(D) upon a declaration by that court that Paragraph B of Article 123 of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure violates the United States Constitution.

ISSUE

Paragraph B of Article 123, forum non conveniens, of the Louisiana Code of Civil Procedure allows...

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