Legal Opinion
In Re Nazi Era Cases Against German Defs. Lit.
District Court, D. New Jersey
Decided July 23, 2002No. MDL No. 1337, D.N.J. Lead Civ. No. 98-4104 (WGB)PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BASSLER, District Judge.
In August, 2000, the Judicial Panel on Multi-District Litigation (“JPML” or “MDL Panel”) consolidated approximately 50 Nazi-era cases before this Court. The transferred cases, primarily putative class actions against German Industry commenced by former slave laborers, were consolidated so that the Court could consider the impact of the German Foundation “Remembrance, Responsibility and the Future” (“The Foundation”), on Plaintiffs’ claims. Ultimately, the overwhelming majority of putative class representatives sought voluntary dismissal of their claims with…
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Kaplan v. DaimlerChrysler, A.G.Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 2003
- Gross v. German Foundation Industrial InitiativeCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2008
- In Re Nazi Era Cases Against German Def. Litig.District Court, D. New Jersey · 2004
- In Re Nazi Era Cases Against German LitigationDistrict Court, D. New Jersey · 2004
- Elly Gross, Roman Neuberger, John Brand, in Their Individual Capacities as Third-Party Beneficiaries of the Agreements Leading to the Establishment of the German Foundation "Remembrance, Responsibility, and the Future," as Representatives of All German Foundation Beneficiaries v. German Foundation Industrial Initiative, and Its Constituent Managing Companies Allianz Ag Basf Ag Bayer Ag Bmw Ag Commerzbank Ag Daimlerchrysler Ag Deutsche Bank Ag Degussa-Huells Ag Deutz Ag Dresdner Bank Ag Friedr Krupp Ag Hoesch Krupp Hoechst Ag Rag Ag Robert Bosch Gmbh Siemens Ag Veba Ag Volkswagen Ag, Sued Individually, and as Members of the German Foundation Industrial Initiative Barbara Schwartz Lee Bernard Lee v. Deutsche Bank Ag Dresdner Bank AgCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 2006
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