PLACE OF TRIAL OF CIVIL CASES

Authors

William Wirt Blume, University of Michigan Law SchoolFollow

Abstract

Places involved in a study of place of trial may be classified in various ways. The most general classification is: (1) Places within one sovereignty, (2) Places in different sovereignties. Where there is choice of place within one sovereignty, the only rational basis for making the choice is convenience-convenience of the parties, jurors, witnesses, and of the court itself. The same is true when the choice is between courts of different sovereignties, but without cooperation between the sovereignties rational choice may not be possible. The purpose of this discussion is to compare choice of place in England before 1800 with choice of place under our present system of federal courts.

Recommended Citation

William W. Blume, PLACE OF TRIAL OF CIVIL CASES, 48 Mich. L. Rev. 1 (1949).
Available at: https://repository.law.umich.edu/mlr/vol48/iss1/2