Legal Opinion
Piambino v. Bailey
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided February 6, 1980No. Nos. 76-3495, 77-2045PublishedCited by 151 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
COLEMAN, Chief Judge.
This litigation arose from the sale by Bestline Products, Inc.,1 a California corporation, of direct distributorship contracts (or agreements) for the sale and distribution to the consuming public of its line of personal and home care products. Best-line’s direct distributorships were an integral part of its multi-level distributorship system, a species of pyramid sales schemes.2
The complexities of this case remind us of the ancient Gordian Knot. Involved here are eleven lawsuits transferred to the Southern District of Florida for coordinated or consolidated pretrial…
2Cases cited62 opinions
- Ernst & Ernst v. HochfelderSupreme Court of the United States · 1976
- TSC Industries, Inc. v. Northway, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1976
- Blue Chip Stamps v. Manor Drug StoresSupreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Huffman v. Pursue, Ltd.Supreme Court of the United States · 1975
- Securities and Exchange Commission v. W. J. Howey Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1946
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3Cited by151 opinions
- Staton v. Boeing Co.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 2003
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Marvin Jones, on His Own Behalf and on Behalf of Those Similarly Situated v. Fred R. DiamondCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
- William Weinberger v. Great Northern Nekoosa Corp.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1991
- In re Baldwin-United Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
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