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“where, as here, the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, which is a more fundamental defect than an absence of in personam jurisdiction, and one which precludes it from acting at all, a fortiori a court lacks power to transfer.”
32 citation events (4 in the last 25 years) across 19 distinct courts.
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examined Cited as authority (quoted) CS Diagnostics Corp v. Wilson
N.D. Tex. · 2025 · quote attribution · 1 verbatim quote · confidence low
where, as here, the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, which is a more fundamental defect than an absence of in personam jurisdiction, and one which precludes it from acting at all, a fortiori a court lacks power to transfer.
cited Cited as authority (rule) Stewart v. JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. (In re Stewart)
Bankr. W.D. Pa. · 2012 · confidence medium
Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3d Cir.1961) (per curiam).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) DiPilato v. Commonwealth Ass'n of School Administrators
E.D. Pa. · 2008 · confidence medium
“Where, as here, the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, [a defect that] precludes it from acting at all, a fortiori a court lacks power to transfer.” *635 Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3d Cir.1961).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Mills v. State of Maine
1st Cir. · 1997 · confidence medium
Corp., 614 F.2d 299 , 301 (1st Cir.1980) (“ ‘Where, as here, the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter ... [a defect] which precludes it from acting at all, a fortiori, a court lacks power to transfer.’ ”) (quoting Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3rd Cir.1961) and citing Panhandle E.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Mills v. State of Maine
1st Cir. · 1997 · confidence medium
Corp., 614 F.2d 299 , 301 (1st Cir. 1980) ("'Where, as here, the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter . . . [a defect] which precludes it from acting at all, a fortiori, a court lacks power to transfer.'") (quoting Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3rd Cir. 1961) and citing Panhandle E.
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Shendock v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs. Appeal of Stephen Shendock
3rd Cir. · 1990 · confidence medium
Corp. Ass’n, 614 F.2d 299 , 301 (1st Cir.1980) (citing our decision in Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3d Cir.1961), *1468 court of appeals held, prior to passage of 28 U.S.C.A. § 1631 , that it lacked jurisdiction over appeal from Benefits Review Board and could not transfer matter to proper court of appeals).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Bernard H. Dornbusch v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue Service, Karl L. Dahlstrom
5th Cir. · 1988 · confidence medium
Dantes v. Western Foundation Corporation Ass’n, 614 F.2d 299 , 301 & n. 2 (1st Cir.1980) (but recognizing that the result might be otherwise if the transferor court had jurisdiction and merely lacked venue); Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 590-91 (3d Cir.1961) (relevant statute “is jurisdictional and ... not merely a venue provision”).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) New Mexico v. Department of Interior
D.C. Cir. · 1987 · confidence medium
However, it was raised in the Tribe's counterclaim, and it bears upon our resolution of the other issues raised by the Tribe 2 Compare Pearce v. Director, Office of Workers' Compensation Programs, 603 F.2d 763, 771 (9th Cir.1979) and Dayton Power & Light Co. v. EPA, 520 F.2d 703 , 708 (6th Cir.1975) (courts have inherent power to transfer such cases) with Dantes v. Western Foundation Corp. Ass'n, 614 F.2d 299, 301 (1st Cir.1980), Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. v. FPC, 343 F.2d 905, 908 (8th Cir.1965), and Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3d Cir.1961) (courts lack power…
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Donna Lee McLaughlin v. Arco Polymers, Inc., a Corporation and Atlantic Richfield Company, a Corporation
3rd Cir. · 1983 · confidence medium
See Grand Blanc Education Association v. Grand Blanc Board of Education, 624 F.2d 47 , 49 n. 4 (6th Cir.1980); Dantes v. Western Foundation Corporation Association, 614 F.2d 299, 301 (1st Cir.1980); White v. Commercial Standard Fire and Marine Co., 450 F.2d 785, 786 (5th Cir.1971); Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3d Cir.1961).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Dantes v. Western Foundation Corp. (2×)
1st Cir. · 1980 · confidence medium
Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 590 (3d Cir. 1961); Continental Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. v. O’Leary, 236 F.2d 282, 283-84 (9th Cir. 1956); Bassett v. Massman Construction Co., 120 F.2d 230, 234 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 314 U.S. 648 , 62 S.Ct. 92 , 86 L.Ed. 520 (1941); Hughes v. Quigley, 184 F.Supp. 568 (D.N.J.1960); Independent Pier Co. v. Norton, 47 F.Supp. 1020 (E.D.Pa. 1942).
discussed Cited as authority (rule) Dantes v. Western Foundation Corporation Association (2×)
1st Cir. · 1980 · confidence medium
Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 590 (3d Cir. 1961); Continental Fire & Casualty Insurance Co. v. O'Leary, 236 F.2d 282, 283-84 (9th Cir. 1956); Bassett v. Massman Construction Co., 120 F.2d 230, 234 (5th Cir.), cert. denied, 314 U.S. 648 , 62 S.Ct. 92 , 86 L.Ed. 520 (1941); Hughes v. Quigley, 184 F.Supp. 568 (D.N.J.1960); Independent Pier Co. v. Norton, 47 F.Supp. 1020 (E.D.Pa.1942).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Calzaturificio Giuseppe Garbuio S. A. S. v. Dartmouth Outdoor Sports, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 1977 · confidence medium
Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 590-91 (3d Cir. 1961) (§ 1406(a)); James v. Daley & Lewis, 406 F.Supp. 645, 649 (D.Del.1976) (§ 1404(a)); United States ex rel.
cited Cited as authority (rule) James v. Daley & Lewis
D. Del. · 1976 · confidence medium
Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (C.A.3, 1961); Raese v. Kelly, 59 F.R.D. 612 (N.D.W.Va.1973).
cited Cited as authority (rule) Buchheit v. United Air Lines, Inc.
S.D.N.Y. · 1962 · confidence medium
See Goldlawr, Inc. v. Heiman, 288 F.2d 579 (2d Cir.) cert. granted, 368 U.S. 810 , 82 S.Ct. 33 , 7 L.Ed.2d 19 (1961); Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3d Cir. 1961).
cited Cited "see" Gaf Building Materials Corporation v. Elk Corporation of Dallas
Fed. Cir. · 1996 · signal: see · confidence high
See Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 590-91 (3d Cir.1961).
discussed Cited "see" Douglas Klett v. Robert Pim John Humphrey J. Dennis Roach United States of America
8th Cir. · 1992 · signal: see · confidence high
See Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589 (3d Cir.1961); First Nat'l Bank v. United Air Lines, Inc., 190 F.2d 493, 496 (7th Cir.1951) (per curiam), rev’d on other grounds, 342 U.S. 396 , 72 S.Ct. 421 , 96 L.Ed. 441 (1952); United States v. Bero Constr.
discussed Cited "see" Freund v. Fleetwood Enterprises, Inc.
D. Me. · 1990 · signal: see · confidence high
See Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589 (3d Cir.1961); First National Bank v. United Air Lines, Inc., 190 F.2d 493 (7th Cir.1951), rev'd on other grounds, 342 U.S. 396 , 72 S.Ct. 421 , 96 L.Ed.441 (1952); United States For Use and Ben. of Fairbanks Morse & Co. v. Bero Construction Corp., 148 F.Supp. 295 (S.D.N.Y.1957).
cited Cited "see" Tifa Ltd. v. Republic of Ghana
D.N.J. · 1988 · signal: see · confidence high
See Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589 (3d Cir.1961).
discussed Cited "see, e.g." New Mexico ex rel. Energy & Minerals Department v. U.S. Department of Interior
D.C. Cir. · 1987 · signal: compare · confidence medium
Compare Pearce v. Director, Office of Workers’ Compensation Programs, 603 F.2d 763, 771 (9th Cir.1979) and Dayton Power & Light Co. v. EPA, 520 F.2d 703 , 708 (6th Cir.1975) (courts have inherent power to transfer such cases) with Dantes v. Western Foundation Corp. Ass'n, 614 F.2d 299, 301 (1st Cir.1980), Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Co. v. FPC, 343 F.2d 905, 908 (8th Cir.1965), and Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589, 591 (3d Cir.1961) (courts lack power to transfer such cases).
cited Cited "see, e.g." Grand Blanc Education Association v. Grand Blanc Board of Education
6th Cir. · 1980 · signal: see, e.g. · confidence low
See, e. g., Atlantic Ship Rigging Co. v. McLellan, 288 F.2d 589 (3d Cir. 1961); Dayton Casting v. Full Mold Process, Inc., 404 F.Supp. 670 (S.D.Ohio 1975); U. S. ex rel.
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Atlantic Ship Rigging Co., Inc., and the State Insurance Fund
v.
John D. McLellan Jr., Deputy Commissioner for the 2nd Compensation District of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, and Zurich Insurance Company, and John E. Murphy
13442.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit.
Apr 6, 1961.
288 F.2d 589
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288 F.2d 589

ATLANTIC SHIP RIGGING CO., Inc., and the State Insurance
Fund, Appellants,
v.
John D. McLELLAN, Jr., Deputy Commissioner for the 2nd
Compensation District of the United States Department of
Labor, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, and Zurich
Insurance Company, and John E. Murphy.

No. 13442.

United States Court of Appeals Third Circuit.

Argued March 24, 1961.
Decided April 6, 1961.

Louis Bussell, New York City (Francis D. Murphy, West New York, N.J., on the brief), for plaintiffs-appellants.

Raymond W. Young, Asst. U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J. (Chester v. Weidenburner, U.S. Atty., Newark, N.J., on the brief), for appellee.

Before KALODNER, STALEY and HASTIE, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM.

[*~589]1

Appellants, The State Insurance Fund, created under the laws of the State of New York, and its insured, Atlantic Ship Rigging Co., Inc., employer, commenced an action in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York to review a compensation order of the defendant-appellee, the Deputy Commissioner for the Second Compensation District of the United States Department of Labor, Bureau of Employees' Compensation, making a compensation award under the Longshoremen's and Harbor Workers' Compensation Act, 33 U.S.C.A. 901 et seq. ('Act'), to an employee of Atlantic named Murphy.

2

Subsection 921(b) of the Act provides that a compensation order is reviewable in the district court for the judicial district in which the injury occurred.[1] The single allegation in appellants' complaint as to the place of Murphy's injury was that he was employed in Hoboken, New Jersey. The district court in New York, therefore, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 1406(a), transferred the action to the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey. That court, however, dissection the action, holding that since subsection 921(b) is jurisdictional, the district court in New York laked jurisdiction over the subject matter and was, therefore, without power to transfer the action.

[*589]3

We think that the district court below was correct. It was made clear in Continental Fire and Casualty Insurance Company v. O'Leary, 9 Cir., 1956, 236 F.2d 282, and Bassett v. Massman Construction Co., 8 Cir., 120 F.2d 230, certiorari denied 1941, 314 U.S. 648, 62 S.Ct. 92, 86 L.Ed. 520, that subsection 921(b) of the Act is jurisdictional and that it is not merely a venue provision. Recently, this court in Hohensee v. News Syndicate, Inc., 3 Cir., 1961, 286 F.2d 527, held that a court is without power to transfer an action under 28 U.S.C. 1406(a) absent jurisdiction over the person of the defendant.[2] Where, as here, the court lacks jurisdiction over the subject matter, which is a more fundamental defect than an absence of in personam jurisdiction, and one which precludes it from acting at all, a fortiori a court lacks power to transfer.

[*~590]4

The order of the district court will be affirmed.

1

'(b) If not in accordance with law, a compensation order may be suspended or set aside, in whole or in part, through injunction proceedings, mandatory or otherwise, brought by any party in interest against the deputy commissioner making the order, and instituted in the Federal district court for the judicial district in which the injury occurred * * *.' 33 U.S.C.A. 921(b)

2

Subsequent to the transfer here, the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in Goldlawr, Inc. v. Heiman, 288 F.2d 579, held as we did in Hohensee