Legal Opinion
In Re Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided August 31, 1976No. 150PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER *
Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER,** JOSEPH S. LORD, III, ** STANLEY A. WEIGEL, *** and ANDREW A. CAFFREY,*** Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.
I. BACKGROUND OF THE LITIGATION
On April 15, 1975, the Panel transferred an antitrust class action instituted by the State of Kansas against twelve major oil companies (“Kansas” hereinafter) in the District of Kansas to the District of Connecticut for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with a similar action pending in that forum and commenced by the State of…
2Cases cited10 opinions
- State of Florida Ex Rel. Robert L. Shevin, Attorney General, Plaintiff v. Exxon CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1976
- In Re Equity Funding Corp. of America Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
- In Re Republic National-Realty Equities Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
- In Re Multidistrict Civil Antitrust Actions Involving Antibiotic DrugsUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1970
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973
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3Cited by11 opinions
- In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation State of California v. Standard Oil Company of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- In Re Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- In re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Petroleum Products Antitrust LitigationDistrict Court, C.D. California · 1984
- Appeal of McGraw-Hill, Inc. v. Arizona, California, Florida, Oregon & WashingtonCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1982
- In Re Air Crash Disaster in Ionian SeaUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977
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