Legal Opinion
Royster v. Food Lion, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit
Decided January 16, 1996No. 94-2360, 94-2645 and 95-1274PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
Remanded with instructions by published opinion. Judge HALL wrote the majority opinion, in which Judge WILKINSON joined. Senior Judge BUTZNER wrote a dissenting opinion.
OPINION
K. K. HALL, Circuit Judge:
A number of plaintiffs appeal from summary judgment orders entered in three actions that were consolidated with eight other actions for pretrial proceedings. Because there are numerous other plaintiffs who have not yet appealed but who were dismissed by the same district court on essentially the same grounds as one or more of the appellants, we believe that 28 U.S.C. § 1407, the multidistrict…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re KOREAN AIR LINES DISASTER OF SEPTEMBER 1, 1983. Appeal of Plaintiffs Steering CommitteeCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1987
- General Tire & Rubber Co. v. WatkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1967
- FMC Corp. v. Glouster Engineering Co.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1987