Legal Opinion
In Re Professional Hockey Antitrust Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided January 3, 1974No. 119PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
The Panel previously transferred several actions involving the World Hockey Association (WHA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and, with the consent of that court, assigned them to the Honorable A. Leon Higginbotham, Jr. for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407. In re Professional Hockey Antitrust Litigation, 352 F.Supp. 1405 (Jud. Pan.Mult.Lit.1973). We are now urged to similarly transfer the above-captioned actions. Nassau Sports, plaintiff in each of the actions, opposes transfer. We find…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973
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- In re National Student Marketing LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973
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- In Re Professional Hockey Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974