Case Name: OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY and Koch Specialty Plant Services, Inc. v. VALERO REFINING-NEW ORLEANS, LLC and Valero Energy Corporation
Court: Louisiana Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: Louisiana
Decision Date: 2012-05-25
Citations: 89 So. 3d 1202
Docket Number: No. 2012-CC-0809
Parties: OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY and Koch Specialty Plant Services, Inc. v. VALERO REFINING-NEW ORLEANS, LLC and Valero Energy Corporation.
Judges: 
Reporter: Southern Reporter, Third Series
Volume: 89
Pages: 1202–1202

Head Matter:
OLD REPUBLIC INSURANCE COMPANY and Koch Specialty Plant Services, Inc. v. VALERO REFINING-NEW ORLEANS, LLC and Valero Energy Corporation.
No. 2012-CC-0809.
Supreme Court of Louisiana.
May 25, 2012.

Opinion:
In re Valero Refining-New Orleans LLC et ah; — Defendant; Applying For Supervisory and/or Remedial Writs, Parish of E. Baton Rouge, 19th Judicial District Court Divs. M, C, Nos. 600,651, 73,241; to the Court of Appeal, Fifth Circuit, Nos. 12-C-46, 2011 CW 1656.
Granted. Considering the unique circumstances of this case, the district court did not abuse its discretion in granting relators' motion to transfer based on forum non conveniens. Accordingly, the judgment of the court of appeal is reversed, and the judgment of the district court transferring the case to the 29th Judicial District Court for the Parish of St. Charles is reinstated.