Legal Opinion
Jenkins v. Raymark Industries, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Texas
Decided October 16, 1985No. Civ. A. No. M-84-193-CAPublishedCited by 35 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM AND ORDER
ROBERT M. PARKER, District Judge:
I. Introduction
The Motion before the Court seeks certification of a class of all plaintiffs in personal injury asbestos cases pending in the Eastern District of Texas on December 31, 1984. Most of the Defendants (but not all) oppose certification. Certification of a class consisting of litigants in cases already pending would certainly be novel, but it is equally certain that this District has never witnessed anything similar to the docket control problems caused by personal injury litigation involving asbestos-containing products. One is…
2Cases cited27 opinions
- Cavnar v. Quality Control Parking, Inc.Texas Supreme Court · 1985
- Clarence Borel v. Fibreboard Paper Products Corporation, Nationalsurety Corporation, Intervenor-AppelleeCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1973
- Alamo National Bank v. KrausTexas Supreme Court · 1981
- In Re Northern District of California, Dalkon Shield Iud Products Liability Litigation.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- C. A. Hardy v. Johns-Manville Sales CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by35 opinions
- Dianne Castano v. The American Tobacco CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1996
- Claude Cimino v. Raymark Industries, Inc., Pittsburgh Corning Corporation and Asbestos Corporation LimitedCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1998
- Joseph Peters v. National Railroad Passenger CorporationCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1992
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Fischer v. Johns-Manville Corp.Supreme Court of New Jersey · 1986
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