Legal Opinion
In Re Related Asbestos Cases
District Court, N.D. California
Decided September 23, 1982No. C-79-3588, C-81-2702, C-81-3871, C-81-2693 and C-81-3843PublishedCited by 41 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER
PECKHAM, Chief Judge.
I
Across the country, thousands of asbestos-related personal injury actions are pending. Plaintiffs therein contend that their injuries have been caused by asbestos products, allegedly manufactured, sold or distributed by the numerous codefendants. Unarco Industries, Inc., and Johns-Manville Corporation are two such codefendants. Unarco alone is a defendant in an estimated 14,000 actions nationwide. Johns-Manville is the largest manufacturer of asbestos products amongst the codefendants. Johns-Manville and Unarco are codefendants in approximately 70 actions in this…
2Cases cited31 opinions
- Landis v. North American Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1936
- United States v. United Mine Workers of AmericaSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Kalb v. FeuersteinSupreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 92,714 Edwin J. Herpich v. Robert H. Wallace, Jack E. LoveCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1970
- In Re Cement Antitrust Litigation (Mdl No. 296). State of Arizona v. Ideal Basic Industries, State of Arizona v. United States District Court for the District of Arizona, and Kaiser Cement and Gypsum Corporation, Real Parties in Interest. State of Arizona v. Ash Grove Cement CompanyCourt of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
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3Cited by41 opinions
- Margaret Austin, Etc. v. Unarco Industries, Inc.Court of Appeals for the First Circuit · 1983
- Lynch v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- Wedgeworth v. Fibreboard Corp.Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1983
- Cathey v. Johns-Manville Sales Corp.Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1983
- GAF Corp. v. Johns-Manville Corp. (In Re Johns-Manville Corp.)United States Bankruptcy Court, S.D. New York · 1983
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