Supreme Court of the United States, 1953

Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland

Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland
Supreme Court of the United States · Decided April 13, 1953
345 U.S. 933; 73 S. Ct. 796; 97 L. Ed. 1361; 1953 U.S. LEXIS 2212 (United States Reports)

Bankers Life & Casualty Co. v. Holland

Opinion of the Court

The petition for writ of certiorari to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit is granted limited to question 1 presented by the petition for the writ, i. e.:

“1. Is mandamus an appropriate remedy to vacate the order of severance and transfer as an unwarranted renunciation of jurisdiction which would compel needless duplicity of trials and appeals to enforce the right to a single trial against all defendants in a proper forum?”

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