Defense Distributed Takes New Jersey 3D-Printing Case to Supreme Court

The petition presents two questions. The first comes from a strange venue fight. Defense Distributed sued in Texas, and the case was transferred to New Jersey. The Fifth Circuit later held that the transfer was improper and directed the Texas court to request the case back. The New Jersey court declined, and the Third Circuit allowed the case to remain there. Defense Distributed argues that the result leaves two federal appellate courts at odds over the same action.

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