382 F. Supp. 1403 (1974) In re REPUBLIC NATIONAL-REALTY EQUITIES SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 174. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. August 22, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. *1404 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM I. Background of Litigation In March of 1974 the Securities and Exchange Commission filed an enforcement action in the...
379 F. Supp. 989 (1974) In re MIDWEST MILK MONOPOLIZATION LITIGATION. No. 83. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. May 20, 1974. Second Opinion and Order May 21, 1974. *990 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM [*] , EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. Second Opinion and Order May 21, 1974. See also D.C., 380 F. Supp. 880 . OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of...
385 F. Supp. 588 (1974) In re KING RESOURCES COMPANY SECURITIES LITIGATION. State of Ohio v. A. Rowland Boucher, S.D.Ohio, Civil Action No. C-2-74-173. No. 79. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 2, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. *589 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel has previously transferred all actions in this...
384 F. Supp. 1405 (1974) In re SUESS PATENT INFRINGEMENT LITIGATION. Kaiser Industries Corp., et al. v. Youngstown Sheet & Tube Company, N.D. Indiana, Civil Action No. H-74-63. No. 74. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 12, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. *1406 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel previously...
407 F. Supp. 238 (1974) In re AIR CRASH DISASTER IN the IONIAN SEA ON SEPTEMBER 8, 1974. No. 229. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. January 26, 1974. *239 TRANSFER ORDER JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Chairman. While en route from Athens, Greece, to Rome, Italy, Trans World Airlines, Inc. Flight No. 841, a Boeing 707 aircraft, crashed on the high seas. Included among the passengers who died as a result of the crash were 36 Americans and 43 foreign nationals. There are 14 actions arising from this...
385 F. Supp. 590 (1974) In re the TRIAX COMPANY PATENT LITIGATION. No. 182. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 26, 1974. *591 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Triax Company is the owner of four patents, which are intricate elements of an electrical control system utilized in warehouse equipment to...
385 F. Supp. 1260 (1974) In re BOURNS PATENT LITIGATION. No. 179. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 4, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. Marlan E. Bourns is the owner of a patent concerning "variable resistors." In a prior action involving the Bourns patent the Nebraska district court held...
384 F. Supp. 609 (1974) In re AIR WEST, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 177. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 12, 1974. *610 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation emanates from the December 1968 acquisition of Air West, Inc. by Summa Corp., a successor to Hughes Tool Co. Plaintiffs in...
384 F. Supp. 614 (1974) In re TRUCKING INDUSTRY EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LITIGATION. No. 175. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 8, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of three actions in three different districts: the District of the District of Columbia, the Southern...
376 F. Supp. 887 (1974) In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT PARIS, FRANCE, ON MARCH 3, 1974. No. 172. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 6, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. On March 3, 1974, a DC-10 jet aircraft, manufactured by McDonnell Douglas Corporation and operated by Turkish Airlines,...
380 F. Supp. 794 (1974) In re MOLINARO/CATANZARO PATENT LITIGATION. No. 170. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. July 26, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation involves a patent for a device which controls the tuning of radio receivers. Anthony Catanzaro alleges to be the owner of an...
380 F. Supp. 796 (1974) In re PERUVIAN ROAD LITIGATION. No. 167. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. July 26, 1974. *797 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation arises out of a highway construction project in the Peruvian Andes which was financed by the United States Government. Charles Pettis,...
373 F. Supp. 1401 (1974) In re LITIGATION UNDER the REGIONAL RAIL REORGANIZATION ACT OF 1973. No. 166. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. March 1, 1974. As Corrected March 12, 1974. *1402 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON [*] , WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL [*] , Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973 (Pub.L.No.93-236) was enacted into...
380 F. Supp. 790 (1974) In re ALODEX CORPORATION SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 165. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. July 18, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of two actions in the Southern District of Iowa and one action in the District of Minnesota involving a real...
375 F. Supp. 1376 (1974) In re IBM PERIPHERAL EDP DEVICES ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 163. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. May 13, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, [*] Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM: This litigation was spawned as a result of the recent decision in Telex Corporation v. International Business Machines Corporation, 367 F....
375 F. Supp. 926 (1974) In re BESTLINE PRODUCTS SECURITIES AND ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 162. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. April 29, 1974. *927 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of nine actions in eight different districts involving an alleged multilevel marketing system for...
375 F. Supp. 1403 (1974) In re U. S. FINANCIAL SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 161. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 6, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation concerns the affairs of U. S. Financial, Inc., a multifaceted real estate company, and consists of ten private actions in five...
385 F. Supp. 586 (1974) In re U. S. FINANCIAL SECURITIES LITIGATION. Société Générale de Banque, et al. v. Touche, Ross & Co., S.D. New York, Civil Action No. 74 Civ. 3120. No. 161. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 2, 1974. *587 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III [*] , and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel previously transferred all...
376 F. Supp. 1405 (1974) In re PLYWOOD ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 159. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 10, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation involves an alleged conspiracy within the plywood industry to *1406 fix the price of softwood plywood. Plaintiffs in each of the eight actions...
384 F. Supp. 612 (1974) In re ROADWAY EXPRESS, INC. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LITIGATION. No. 155. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 6, 1974. Before ALFRED P. MURRAH [*] , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of three class actions in the Southern District of Texas against Roadway Express, Inc., the International...
