In Re Japanese Electronic Products Antitrust Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

In late 1970, the National Union Electronics Corporation (NUE) instituted an action in the District of New Jersey against seven major Japanese manufacturers of television receivers and their American affiliates. In September 1974, the Zenith Radio Corporation filed an action in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania against all of the defendants originally named by NUE, plus four others. The bulk of the defendants in the two actions move the Panel for an order, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, transferring the Zenith action to the District of New Jersey for coordinated or…