In re Volkswagen of Am.
545 F.3d 304 (5th Cir. 2008) Cited 1,619 times 14 Legal AnalysesHolding this prong to be satisfied when "the harm . . . will already have been done by the time the case is tried and appealed, and the prejudice suffered cannot be put back in the bottle"
In re Volkswagen AG
371 F.3d 201 (5th Cir. 2004) Cited 1,395 times 4 Legal AnalysesHolding that it is reversible error for the district court to consider the convenience of counsel
In re TS Tech USA Corp.
551 F.3d 1315 (Fed. Cir. 2009) Cited 607 times 7 Legal AnalysesHolding that the district court's refusal to considerably weigh this factor in favor of transfer was erroneous when the witnesses would need to travel approximately 900 more miles to attend trial in Texas than in Ohio
York v. Union Pacific Railroad Company
CIVIL ACTION NO. 9:07CV169 (E.D. Tex. Oct. 21, 2008)CIVIL ACTION NO. 9:07CV169. October 21, 2008 ORDER THAD HEARTFIELD, District Judge On February 13, 2008, United States Magistrate Judge Judith Guthrie issued an Order granting Defendant's Motion to Transfer Venue Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1404(a). On February 22, 2008, Plaintiff filed an Objection to Magistrate's Ruling and Motion for Reconsideration of Magistrate's Order Transferring Venue (document #43). Finding that the matter should be stayed pending a decision by the Fifth Circuit on the petition
Section 1404 - Change of venue
28 U.S.C. § 1404 Cited 28,851 times 189 Legal AnalysesGranting Class Plaintiffs' motion to transfer action in order to "facilitate a unified settlement approval process together with the class action cases in" In re Amex ASR
Rule 5 - Serving and Filing Pleadings and Other Papers
Fed. R. Civ. P. 5 Cited 22,753 times 16 Legal AnalysesAllowing service by filing papers with the court's electronic-filing system