Legal Opinion

Porter v. United States

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided January 16, 1979No. 330PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

*950OPINION AND ORDER

Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD *, EDWIN A. ROBSON, STANLEY A. WEIGEL, ANDREW A. CAFFREY, and ROY W. HARPER, Judges of the Panel.

I. BACKGROUND

The Panel, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, previously transferred a number of actions in this litigation to the District of the District of Columbia for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings before the Honorable Gerhard A. Gesell. In re Swine Flu Immunization Products Liability Litigation, 446 F.Supp. 244; 453 F.Supp. 648 (Jud.Pan. Mult.Lit.1978). The actions in the transferee district involve claims for…

2Cases cited6 opinions

  1. In Re Kauffman Mutual Fund ActionsUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1972
  2. In Re Swine Flu Immunization Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978
  3. In re A. H. Robins Co.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978
  4. The Union Light, Heat and Power Company v. U. S. District Court, 4-R Corporation, Richard J. Schilling, Ronald Schilling, Richard J. Schilling, Jr. And Raymond Scott Schilling v. U. S. District Court, Sterling Lighting, Division of Scovill Manufacturing Co., Inc. v. U. S. District CourtCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1978
  5. In Re Air Crash Dis. at Pago Pago, Am. Samoa, Etc.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975

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3Cited by2 opinions

  1. Grubbs v. United StatesDistrict Court, N.D. Indiana · 1984
  2. In Re Swine Flu Immunization Products LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979

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