Legal Opinion
In Re Protection Devices & Equipment & Central Station Protection Service Antitrust Cases
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided October 3, 1968No. 9PublishedCited by 21 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
JOSEPH S. LORD, III, Judge of the Panel.
On July 17, 1968, the Panel sm sponte issued an order to show cause why the within litigation should not be transferred to one United States district court for coordination and consolidation of pretrial proceedings. Title 28, United States Code, Section 1407. The order was directed to all parties in the then pending civil treble damage antitrust litigation and was heard on August 8, 1968 by the Panel.
There are presently pending a total of 80 different cases in seven different districts. Of these, four were filed after the order of July…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- United States v. Grinnell Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1966
- United States v. Grinnell CorporationDistrict Court, D. Rhode Island · 1964
3Cited by21 opinions
- City of Detroit v. Grinnell Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
- In Re Plumbing Fixture CasesUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1968
- In Re Grain ShipmentsUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969
- In Re Multidistrict Patent & Antitrust Litigation Involving KoratronUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969
- City Of Detroit v. Grinnell CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1977
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