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The 5th Circuit has made it easier for defense attorneys to move clients' cases out of the Eastern District of Texas, ruling that a federal trial judge abused his discretion by not granting a defense motion to transfer venue to another district. The mandamus opinion , which re-asserted that trial courts must consider a "100-mile threshold" between a suit's existing venue and a proposed venue, could slow tort suits in the district, which is popular with plaintiffs.