Van Dusen v. Barrack

Supreme Court of the United States

Argued January 8–9, 1964
Decided March 30, 1964

Full case name

Van Dusen, U.S. District Judge, et al. v. Barrack, Administratrix, et al.

Citations

84 S. Ct. 805; 11 L. Ed. 2d 945; 1964 U.S. LEXIS 1537

Court membership

Chief Justice Earl Warren

Associate Justices Hugo Black · William O. Douglas Tom C. Clark · John M. Harlan II William J. Brennan, Jr. · Potter Stewart Byron White · Arthur Goldberg

Case opinions

Majority

Goldberg, joined by Warren, Douglas, Clark, Harlan, Brennan, Stewart, White

Concurrence

Black

Van Dusen v. Barrack, 376 U.S. 612 (1964), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court held that when a case is transferred from a federal court in one state to a federal court in another, the choice of law should be that of the state in which the case was originally filed.^[1]

References

↑ Yeazell, S.C. Civil Procedure, Seventh Edition. Aspen Publishers, New York, NY: 2008, p. 231

External links

Text of opinion at Justia.com

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