Legal Opinion
In Re Starlink Corn Products Liability Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided June 20, 2001No. MDL-1403PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
TRANSFER ORDER
HODGES, Chairman Judge.
This litigation presently consists of six actions: 1 two actions in the Northern District of Iowa and one action each in the Northern District of Illinois, the District of Minnesota, the Eastern District of Texas and the Southern District of Texas. 2 Be fore the Panel is an amended motion by all defendants, 3 pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, to centralize the actions in the Northern District of Illinois for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. Most responding plaintiffs oppose Section 1407 centralization of actions brought by farmers (seeking…
2Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re Multi-Piece Rim Products Liability LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979
- In Re Air Crash Disaster at Florida Everglades on December 29, 1972United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Minnesota v. Pharmacia Corp.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2002
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- In Re Pharmaceutical Ind. Average Wholesale PriceUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 2002
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