Legal Opinion
In Re Glenn W. Turner Enterprises Litigation. Appeal of Kentucky Attorney General for and on Behalf of the Commonwealth of Kentucky
Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Decided August 4, 1975No. 74-2253PublishedCited by 40 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OF THE COURT
ROSENN, Circuit Judge:
The promotional activities of Glenn Turner have spawned lawsuits with nearly the same abandon with which he sold distributorships and franchises in his various enterprises. An emerging collision between two of these lawsuits forms the basis of this appeal.
This action originated with the filing in the Western District of Pennsylvania of a class action by purchasers of distributorships and franchises in Glenn Turner’s enterprises. Between September 1971 and April 1972, some twenty federal class actions against Turner’s alleged “pyramid” sales practices…
2Cases cited12 opinions
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- Atlantic Coast Line Railroad v. Brotherhood of Locomotive EngineersSupreme Court of the United States · 1970
- Kline v. Burke Construction Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1922
- Oklahoma Packing Co. v. Oklahoma Gas & Electric Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1940
- Studebaker Corporation v. Richard D. GittlinCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1966
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