Federal Courts - Multidistrict Litigation - Change of Venue - Assignment of Case for Trial

Authors

Janice A. Fall

Abstract

The United States Supreme Court held that a court handling a multidistrict litigation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407 does not have the authority to grant a change of venue motion to assign the case to itself for trial.

Lexecon, Inc. v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, 118 S. Ct. 956 (1998).

First Page

371

Recommended Citation

Janice A. Fall, Federal Courts - Multidistrict Litigation - Change of Venue - Assignment of Case for Trial, 37 Duq. L. Rev. 371 (1999).
Available at: https://dsc.duq.edu/dlr/vol37/iss2/10