Legal Opinion
In Re Practice of Naturopathy Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided August 8, 1977No. 284PublishedCited by 3 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.
2Per curiam
This litigation consists of 30 actions, each pending in a different federal district. Plaintiffs in each action are identical, and include physicians allegedly qualified to practice naturopathy, 1 students of naturo-pathy, persons who either receive or desire to receive treatment from naturopathic physicians, and several physicians’ organizations allegedly involved in the development and promotion…
3Cases cited3 opinions
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- In Re Air Crash Disaster Near Papeete, TahitiUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1975
- In Re Molinaro/Catanzaro Patent LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1974
4Cited by3 opinions
- Idaho Ass'n of Naturopathic Physicians v. United States Food & Drug AdministrationCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- In Re the Upjohn Co. Antibiotic "Cleocin" Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978
- The Idaho Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Inc., a Corporation v. United States Food and Drug Administration, the Idaho Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Inc., a Corporation v. United States Food and Drug Administration, the Idaho Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Inc., a Corporation v. The State of South Carolina, Lexington County, the State Board of Pharmaceutical Examiners, Board of Medical Examiners, United States Food and Drug Administration, the Idaho Association of Naturopathic Physicians, Inc., a Corporation v. The State of Wyoming, the Wyoming State Board of Pharmacy, the Wyoming State Board of Medical Examiners, and the Department of Health and Social Services, United States Food and Drug Administration, United States Department of Health, Education, and Welfare, Joseph A. Califano, in His Capacity as Secretary of the Department of Health, Education and Welfare of the United States of AmericaCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978