William O. Douglas

“ That gives full effect to the words 'any civil action' in the field in which Congress was legislating. And it authorizes, as respects that group of cases, a transfer to another district in lieu of outright dismissal as had previously obtained. That construction saves § 1404 (a) , the venue provisions of the Clayton Act and our decision in United States v. National City Lines, Inc., 334 U.S. 573, 68 S.Ct. 1169, 92 L.Ed. 1584, from mutilation. I am reluctant to conclude that Congress took the more drastic course in a mere revision of the code. ”