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In Re Continental Grain Co., Inc.

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided November 28, 1979No. 392Published

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

2Per curiam

I. Background

This litigation consists of seven actions pending in seven federal districts: one each in the Eastern District of Louisiana; 1 Eastern District of Missouri; Southern District of New York; Northern District of Illinois; District of New Jersey; Southern District of Florida; and Southern District of Ohio.

Each action arises from the December 22, 1977 explosion of a grain elevator owned and operated by Continental Grain Company, Inc. (Continental) and located in Westwego, Louisiana. The explosion caused the death of 36 persons and seriously injured several more. These…

3Cases cited5 opinions

  1. In Re Multi-Piece Rim Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979
  2. In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Chicago, Etc.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979
  3. In Re Gas Meter Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979
  4. In Re Air Crash Disaster in Ionian SeaUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977
  5. In Re L. E. Lay & Co. Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975

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