Legal Opinion
Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co.
District Court, D. South Carolina
Decided September 4, 1992No. Civ. A. No. 2:87-1860-8PublishedCited by 37 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
BLATT, Senior District Judge.
This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s motion to certify a voluntary class for the nation’s colleges in this asbestos property damage action, as well as on various other pending motions.
I. Background
A. Nature of this Case
This is an action brought on behalf of all colleges and universities in the nation to recover their costs of finding, sampling, evaluating and dealing with asbestos in their buildings. Under federal law, all asbestos that is “friable” — (i.e. easily crumbled) — must eventually be removed from the buildings owned by nation’s colleges…
2Cases cited41 opinions
- Societe Internationale Pour Participations Industrielles Et Commerciales, S. A. v. RogersSupreme Court of the United States · 1958
- Woodrow Sterling v. Velsicol Chemical CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1988
- Wanda Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1986
- School District of Lancaster v. Lake Asbestos of Quebec, Ltd.Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1986
- United States Catholic Conference v. Abortion Rights Mobilization, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1988
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3Cited by37 opinions
- Philip Morris Inc. v. AngelettiCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 2000
- Central Wesleyan College v. W.R. Grace & Co.Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1993
- Concordia College Corp. v. W.R. Grace & Co.Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1993
- Peoples v. Wendover Funding, Inc.District Court, D. Maryland · 1998
- Mitchell-Tracey v. United General Title InsuranceDistrict Court, D. Maryland · 2006
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