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Federal Procedure-Change Of Venue On Motion Of The Plaintiff, David F. Ulmer S. Ed. Dec 1951

Federal Procedure-Change Of Venue On Motion Of The Plaintiff, David F. Ulmer S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Plaintiff, a resident of California, was injured on defendant corporation's premises in Nevada. Being unable to serve defendant in California, plaintiff started a negligence action in the Federal District Court in Nevada and then moved for a change of venue to the proper Federal District Court in California under section 1404(a) of the Judicial Code. The Federal District Court of Nevada overruled plaintiff's motion. On appeal, held, affirmed. The requirement under 1404(a) that the action be transferred to any district "where it might have been brought" precludes transfer to a forum where the defendant was not amenable to process. …


Federal Procedure-Mandamus-Use To Prevent Change Of Venue, Richard J. Darger S. Ed. Dec 1951

Federal Procedure-Mandamus-Use To Prevent Change Of Venue, Richard J. Darger S. Ed.

Michigan Law Review

Petitioners instituted a suit in the District Court for the Southern District of California seeking damages for alleged patent infringement. That court ordered the case transferred to the District Court for the District of Delaware on the ground that venue was not properly laid in the Southern District of California. Then petition was made to the Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit for mandamus to compel the judge of the lower court to withdraw the order of transfer. Held: petition denied. Mandamus will issue to prevent a transfer of a case to the district court of another circuit …


Constitutional Law-Relation Of Federal And State Governments- Title Of United States To Tidelands, John K. Delay, Jr. Nov 1951

Constitutional Law-Relation Of Federal And State Governments- Title Of United States To Tidelands, John K. Delay, Jr.

Michigan Law Review

For the past decade and a half, one of the most harrassing problems in the realm of federal-state relationships has been that concerned with the ownership of the so-called "tidelands." This struggle of interests, which involves 23,000 square miles of offshore lands within the boundaries of the littoral states, has developed since 1937; for prior to that time, the Federal Government recognized the states' claims, making no assertion of federal ownership. The development of the conflict appears to be coextensive with the discovery and development of valuable mineral deposits found under these submerged lands, which have been leased to private …


Process--Immunity From Service--Person Entering A State To File An Action, Patrick J. Ledwidge Apr 1951

Process--Immunity From Service--Person Entering A State To File An Action, Patrick J. Ledwidge

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, a resident of Missouri, entered California to gain custody of his child from its maternal grandmother. After eight days of fruitless negotiation he commenced habeas corpus proceedings. While attempting to serve the writ of habeas corpus, petitioner was served with a summons in an action brought by the grandmother for support of the child. When the trial court denied petitioner's motion to quash the service of summons on him, he sought a writ of prohibition from the district court of appeals to prevent further prosecution of the second action. Held, petition denied; petitioner's eight day delay justified inference …


Process--Immunity From Service--Person Entering A State To File An Action, Patrick J. Ledwidge Apr 1951

Process--Immunity From Service--Person Entering A State To File An Action, Patrick J. Ledwidge

Michigan Law Review

Petitioner, a resident of Missouri, entered California to gain custody of his child from its maternal grandmother. After eight days of fruitless negotiation he commenced habeas corpus proceedings. While attempting to serve the writ of habeas corpus, petitioner was served with a summons in an action brought by the grandmother for support of the child. When the trial court denied petitioner's motion to quash the service of summons on him, he sought a writ of prohibition from the district court of appeals to prevent further prosecution of the second action. Held, petition denied; petitioner's eight day delay justified inference …