411 F. Supp. 791 (1976) In re IBM PERIPHERAL EDP DEVICES ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 163. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. April 21, 1976. 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel previously transferred all actions in this litigation to the Northern District of California and, with the consent of that court,...
415 F. Supp. 382 (1976) In re TRANSOCEAN TENDER OFFER SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 223. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. May 21, 1976. As Amended May 26, 1976. 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. In late 1974, Vickers Energy Corporation, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Esmark, Inc. and majority shareholder of...
415 F. Supp. 393 (1976) In re SEEBURG-COMMONWEALTH UNITED MERGER LITIGATION. Berry Petroleum Co., et al. v. Adams & Peck, et al., W.D.Tenn., Civil Action No. C-75-484. No. 37. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 4, 1976. 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. *394 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. The Panel initially transferred sixteen...
420 F. Supp. 998 (1976) In re COLOCOTRONIS TANKER SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 264. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. October 7, 1976. 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation involves six actions pending in three districts: three in the Southern District of New York, two in the Eastern District...
422 F. Supp. 1163 (1976) In re FMC CORPORATION PATENT LITIGATION. No. 255. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 22, 1976. *1164 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of five actions pending in three different federal districts two each in the District of Kansas and the Eastern...
423 F. Supp. 937 (1976) In re LIQUID CARBONIC TRUCK DRIVERS CHEMICAL POISONING LITIGATION. No. 252. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 30, 1976. *938 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of 35 actions pending in three districts: twenty-one in the Eastern District of...
415 F. Supp. 384 (1976) In re FOLDING CARTON ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 250. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. May 25, 1976. 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. *385 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation was spawned by the indictment of 22 corporations and approximately 50 of their officers and employees for conspiring to...
419 F. Supp. 720 (1976) In re BEEF INDUSTRY ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 248. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. September 2, 1976. 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. OPINION AND ORDER *721 PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of eight civil antitrust actions commenced in six different federal districts: two in the Northern District of...
422 F. Supp. 287 (1976) In re LITIGATION ARISING FROM the TERMINATION OF the RETIREMENT PLAN FOR EMPLOYEES OF FIREMAN'S FUND INSURANCE CO. and/or its affiliates. No. 247. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. November 1, 1976. *288 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. In 1957, the American Insurance Company, the...
415 F. Supp. 396 (1976) In re HAVEN INDUSTRIES, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 246. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 9, 1976. 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. *397 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of two actions commenced in two different federal districts: the District of Massachusetts and the Southern...
415 F. Supp. 392 (1976) In re COMMERCIAL LIGHTING PRODUCTS, INC. CONTRACT LITIGATION. No. 245. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 3, 1976. 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. This litigation consists of two actions brought by Commercial Lighting Products, Inc. in two federal districts: one in the Eastern...
415 F. Supp. 398 (1976) In re OLYMPIA BREWING COMPANY ANTITRUST LITIGATION. No. 242. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. June 21, 1976. 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. *399 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. On February 28, 1975, Olympia Brewing Company acquired essentially all the assets of Theodore Hamm Company. Soon after this acquisition,...
407 F. Supp. 1403 (1976) In re Joseph F. SMITH PATENT LITIGATION. No. 232. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. February 13, 1976. 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. Joseph F. Smith operates a machine shop in Greensboro, North Carolina, and is the holder of United States Patent No. 3,180,074, which relates to a high-...
411 F. Supp. 795 (1976) In re DELTA AIRLINES, INC. FLIGHT ATTENDANT WEIGHT STANDARDS LITIGATION. No. 230. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. April 15, 1976. 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. OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. In July 1974, the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed an action ( EEOC I ) in the Southern District of Texas against...
407 F. Supp. 236 (1976) In re BRANDYWINE ASSOCIATES ANTITRUST AND MORTGAGE FORECLOSURE LITIGATION. No. 228. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. February 9, 1976. 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. In 1972 Valley Forge Corporation (VFC) and Certain-Teed Products Corporation (Certain-Teed) formed Brandywine...
407 F. Supp. 244 (1976) In re AIR CRASH DISASTER AT JOHN F. KENNEDY INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT ON JUNE 24, 1975. No. 227. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. February 4, 1976. 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. *245 OPINION AND ORDER PER CURIAM. On June 24, 1975, and Eastern Air Lines 727 jet aircraft, en route from New Orleans,...
411 F. Supp. 798 (1976) In re BRANIFF AIRWAYS, INC. EMPLOYMENT PRACTICES LITIGATION. No. 226. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. March 1, 1976. 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 Western District of Texas, one in the Northern District of...
407 F. Supp. 242 (1976) In re ROYAL AMERICAN INDUSTRIES, INC. SECURITIES LITIGATION. No. 225. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. January 29, 1976. 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 centers around the June 19, 1975 merger of Royal American Industries, Inc. (Royal) and Royam Industries Corporation (...
407 F. Supp. 1405 (1976) In re U. S. NAVY VARIABLE REENLISTMENT BONUS LITIGATION. No. 224. Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. February 10, 1976. *1406 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 25 actions pending in nine various federal district courts: eight in the District of South...
419 F. Supp. 710 (1976) In re A. H. ROBINS CO., INC. "DALKON SHIELD" IUD PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION. Lou Deane Lipman, et al. v. A. H. Robins Co. D. Massachusetts, C.A. No. 75-4569-G. Kathleen Huber v. A. H. Robins Co., et al. C.D. California, C.A. No. CV75-4-AAH. Mirian N. Cohen, et al. v. Donald G. Johnson, et al. S.D. New York, C.A. No. 75 Civ. 6416. Reba Fortenberry v. A. H. Robins Co. W.D. North Carolina, C.A. No. SH-C-201. Wayne Mings, et ux. v. A. H. Robins Co., Inc. N.D. Georgia,...
