400 F. Supp. 1404 (1975) In re RADIATION INCIDENT AT WASHINGTON, D. C. ON APRIL 5, 1974. No. 213. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. September 15, 1975. *1405 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 six actions pending in two federal district courts: the Seigel, Blakeney, Evans,...
399 F. Supp. 1400 (1975) In re BOMB DISASTER AT ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ON APRIL 28, 1973. No. 207. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. August 15, 1975. *1401 Before ALFRED P. MURRAH, Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM [*] , EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON [*] , WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WIEGEL, Judges of the Panel. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. I. Background of the Litigation On April 28, 1973, a day-long series of explosions shook the city of Roseville,...
391 F. Supp. 1054 (1975) In re L. E. LAY & CO. ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 87. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. February 10, 1975. *1055 Howard A. Specter, Litman, Litman, Harris & Specter, P. A., Pittsburgh, Pa., for plaintiff Lucille Lollar. Victor Hlavinka, Atchley, Russell, Waldrop & Hlavinka, Texarkana, Tex., for L. E. Lay & Co. W. Dane Clay, Rose, Nash, Williamson, Carroll & Clay, Little Rock, Ark., for First Arkansas Bankstock Corp., Worthen Bank & Trust Co., N. A. Before ALFRED...
386 F. Supp. 1401 (1975) In re MIDWEST MILK MONOPOLIZATION LITIGATION. Milk, Inc. v. The Keystone Dairy Co., et al., W. D. Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 74-614 No. 83. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. January 22, 1975. *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 Panel previously transferred several...
398 F. Supp. 676 (1975) In re MIDWEST MILK MONOPOLIZATION LITIGATION. Foremost-McKesson, Inc. v. Associated Milk Producers, Inc., N.D. Texas, Civil Action No. CA3-74-1220-F. No. 83. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. July 9, 1975. 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. *677 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel previously transferred several...
386 F. Supp. 908 (1975) In re MULTIDISTRICT CIVIL ACTIONS INVOLVING the AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR DAYTON, OHIO, ON MARCH 9, 1967. George H. Humphreys, etc. v. Herman Tann d/b/a Tann Co., et al., (E.D. Michigan C.A. No. 32421), S.D. Ohio, Civil Action No. 3834ML(F). No. 38. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. January 8, 1975. 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 [*] ,...
405 F. Supp. 316 (1975) In re WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. URANIUM CONTRACTS LITIGATION. No. 235. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 19, 1975. Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER [*] , JOSEPH S. LORD, III, STANLEY A. WEIGEL, and ANDREW A. CAFFREY, Judges of the Panel. *317 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. Westinghouse Electric Corp. is the sole defendant in thirteen federal actions in as many districts [1] filed by a number...
405 F. Supp. 308 (1975) In re RYDER TRUCK LINES, INC. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LITIGATION. No. 220. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 5, 1975. 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 four actions in three districts: two in the Middle District of Tennessee, one in the Western District...
399 F. Supp. 1405 (1975) In re NATIONAL AIRLINES, INC. MATERNITY LEAVE PRACTICES AND FLIGHT ATTENDANT WEIGHT PROGRAM LITIGATION. No. 218. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. August 29, 1975. 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 *1406 PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of four actions pending in two different...
405 F. Supp. 1402 (1975) In re PIPER AIRCRAFT DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 217. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 18, 1975. 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. Van-S-Aviation Corp., a dealer of products made by Piper Aircraft Corporation, has instituted six actions in six...
406 F. Supp. 540 (1975) In re A. H. ROBINS CO., INC. "DALKON SHIELD" IUD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. No. 211. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 8, 1975. As Corrected December 8, 1975. 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. I. Background of the Litigation The Dalkon Shield is an intrauterine contraceptive...
402 F. Supp. 1401 (1975) In re PANTY HOSE SEAMING PATENT LITIGATION. No. 209. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. October 31, 1975. 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. Tights, Inc. is the holder by assignment from John O. Ferrell of U. S. Patent No. 3,657,257, which relates to a specific method for...
397 F. Supp. 886 (1975) In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR PAPEETE, TAHITI, ON JULY 22, 1973. No. 206. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 19, 1975. As Amended July 17, 1975. 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. A Boeing 727 aircraft, being operated as Pan American Flight No. 816, crashed into the ocean shortly...
395 F. Supp. 1402 (1975) In re GRISEOFULVIN ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 205. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 19, 1975. 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 three actions filed in three different districts: the District of the District of Columbia, the District of New Jersey and the...
394 F. Supp. 798 (1975) In re FOTOMAT FRANCHISEE LITIGATION. No. 204. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 4, 1975. 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 is comprised of five actions pending in three different districts: three in the Western District of Missouri, one in the Southern District of...
405 F. Supp. 1404 (1975) In re SUGAR INDUSTRY ANTITRUST LITIGATION. E. O. Hudson Sr., et al. v. Savannah Foods & Industries, Inc., et al., D. South Carolina, Civil Action No. 75-1147 No. 201A. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. December 16, 1975. 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. *1405 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel previously...
399 F. Supp. 1397 (1975) In re SUGAR INDUSTRY ANTITRUST LITIGATION. Milton W. Freedman, et al. v. Amalgamated Sugar Co., et al., E.D. Pennsylvania, Civil Action No. 75-514. No. 201. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. September 19, 1975. 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. *1398 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel previously...
395 F. Supp. 1271 (1975) In re SUGAR INDUSTRY ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 201. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 2, 1975. 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. I. Background of the Litigation On December 19, 1974, the United States filed two criminal actions and three civil injunctive actions in the Northern...
393 F. Supp. 1089 (1975) In re AIR CRASH DISASTER NEAR UPPERVILLE, VIRGINIA, ON DECEMBER 1, 1974. No. 199. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. April 29, 1975. 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. A Boeing 727 aircraft, being operated as Trans World Airlines Flight 514, crashed into a mountainside on December 1, 1974,...
393 F. Supp. 1093 (1975) In re FRANKLIN NATIONAL BANK SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 196. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. April 30, 1975. *1094 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. I. Background This litigation arises from the recent failure of the Franklin National Bank (FNB) and consists of ten...
