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In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Etc.

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided August 13, 1979No. MDL No. 1200PublishedCited by 12 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judge of the Panel.

I. BACKGROUND

On May 25, 1979, a McDonnell Douglas DC-10 jet aircraft being operated by Amer ican Airlines (American) crashed shortly after take-off from O’Hare International Airport in Chicago, Illinois. The 258 passengers and thirteen crew members aboard the DC-10, 1 and two persons on the ground, died in the crash. In addition, several persons on the ground were injured and substantial property damage occurred at the crash site.

At the time of the hearing, sixteen actions arising from the disaster were before us on motions to transfer…

2Cases cited24 opinions

  1. In Re Equity Funding Corp. of America Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
  2. In Re Air Crash Disaster at Boston, Massachusetts on July 31, 1973District Court, D. Massachusetts · 1975
  3. Pfizer, Inc., Defendants-Petitioners v. Honorable Miles W. Lord, United States District Judge, and State of Oregon, Plaintiffs-RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
  4. Fong Sik Leung, as Guardian Ad Litem for Fong Gar Hong v. John Foster Dulles, as Secretary of StateCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1955
  5. In Re Holiday Magic Securities & Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977

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3Cited by12 opinions

  1. In Re American Continental Corporation/lincoln Savings & Loan Securities Litigation. Lexecon Inc. Daniel R. Fischel v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, a Partnership Patrick Coughlin William S. Lerach Kevin P. Roddy Leonard B. Simon Melvyn I. Weiss Patricia Hynes Michael C. Spencer Stephen R. Steinberg, in Re American Continental Corporation/lincoln Savings & Loan Securities Litigation. Lexecon Inc. Daniel R. Fischel v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, a Partnership Patrick Coughlin William S. Lerach Kevin P. Roddy Leonard B. Simon Melvyn I. Weiss Patricia Hynes Michael C. Spencer Stephen R. Steinberg, Cotchett, Illston & Pitre Joseph Cotchett Susan Illston, in Re American Continental Corporation/lincoln Savings & Loan Securities Litigation. Lexecon Inc. Daniel R. Fischel v. Milberg Weiss Bershad Hynes & Lerach, a Partnership Patrick Coughlin William S. Lerach Kevin P. Roddy Leonard B. Simon Melvyn I. Weiss Patricia Hynes Michael C. Spencer Stephen R. SteinbergCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1996
  2. In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois on May 25, 1979. Appeals of American Airlines, Inc. And McDonnell Douglas CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1983
  3. General Electric Company, a Corporation v. Hon. William Matthew Byrne, Jr., United States District Judge for the Central District of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1979
  4. In Re Janus Mutual Funds Investment LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2004
  5. In re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Illinois, on May 25, 1979Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1981

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