Legal Opinion
Carlough v. Amchem Products, Inc.
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided September 29, 1993No. 93-1429PublishedCited by 23 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
GREENBERG, Circuit Judge.
This class action, designed to effect a settlement between future asbestos claimants and a group of asbestos defendants, was filed on January 15, 1993. The district court granted conditional certification of the plaintiff class, following which several class members moved to intervene. The court denied both intervention of right under Fed.R.Civ.P. 24(a) and permissive intervention under Fed. R.Civ.P. 24(b). Hówever, the district court did assure the proposed intervenors of active participation in the status of objectors to the settlement agreement.…
2Cases cited17 opinions
- Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen v. Baltimore & Ohio RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1947
- Stringfellow v. Concerned Neighbors in ActionSupreme Court of the United States · 1987
- Bell Atlantic Corp. v. BolgerCourt of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1993
- Arthur S. Guthrie, Keiter Parrott v. David C. EvansCourt of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit · 1987
- In Re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. Vi)United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1991
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3Cited by23 opinions
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- Gottlieb v. WilesCourt of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit · 1993
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