Cleveland Board of Education v. Armstrong World Industries, Inc.

Plaintiff, Cleveland Board of Education, filed this action on February 15, 1984. On September 24, 1984, fifty-four Ohio public school districts and representatives of the elementary and secondary schools of the Ohio Roman Catholic Diocese sought leave to intervene in the action and join the Cleveland School Board in filing a class action complaint on behalf of all entities which own or operate non-profit elementary or secondary educational facilities within the state of Ohio. (All of these parties are hereinafter referred to as “plaintiffs.”)

A third amended complaint, upon which this action…