Hotel Oakland Associates v. Doyle Real Estate Advisors, LLC

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA

HOTEL OAKLAND ASSOCIATES,

Plaintiff, CIVIL ACTION

NO. 21-0004

v.

DOYLE REAL ESTATE ADVISORS,

LLC, et al., Defendants. PAPPERT, J. July 13, 2021

MEMORANDUM

This case involves an allegedly negligent study of the market rental value of a property in Oakland, California pursuant to a contract between a California licensed real estate appraiser and a California based contract administrator affiliated with the Oakland Housing Authority. While the appraiser lives in New Jersey and his company is a New Jersey company with a registered office in that state, Hotel Oakland Associates sued them both in the Philadelphia County Court of Common Pleas, ostensibly because that is where the company’s principal office is located. The Complaint makes clear, however, that a substantial part of the events or omissions giving rise to the claims therein occurred in California and that much of the evidence and many of the witnesses are there as well. Because it would better serve the interest of justice, the Court transfers this case to the Northern District of…