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Merswin v. Williams Companies, Inc.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division
Jan 29, 2009
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:08-CV-2177-TWT (N.D. Ga. Jan. 29, 2009)

Summary

finding that the first-file rule does not justify transfer where no overlapping claim remains pending and all appeals related thereto have been exhausted

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Opinion

CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:08-CV-2177-TWT.

January 29, 2009


ORDER


This is an employment discrimination case. It is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation [16] of the Magistrate Judge recommending granting the Defendant's Motion to Transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma. The Court approves and adopts the Report and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge as the Judgment of the Court. For the reasons set forth in the thorough and well reasoned Report and Recommendation, the Defendant's Motion to Transfer this case to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma is Granted.

SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Merswin v. Williams Companies, Inc.

United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division
Jan 29, 2009
CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:08-CV-2177-TWT (N.D. Ga. Jan. 29, 2009)

finding that the first-file rule does not justify transfer where no overlapping claim remains pending and all appeals related thereto have been exhausted

Summary of this case from Johnson v. N.Y. Life Ins. Co.
Case details for

Merswin v. Williams Companies, Inc.

Case Details

Full title:RENE S. MERSWIN, Plaintiff, v. THE WILLIAMS COMPANIES, INC., Defendant

Court:United States District Court, N.D. Georgia, Atlanta Division

Date published: Jan 29, 2009

Citations

CIVIL ACTION FILE NO. 1:08-CV-2177-TWT (N.D. Ga. Jan. 29, 2009)

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