Legal Opinion
In re First Commodity Corp. of Boston Customer Accounts Litigation
District Court, D. Massachusetts
Decided September 30, 1987No. MDL 713PublishedCited by 22 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
WOLF, District Judge.
Because I have been so intensively involved in this and because the establishment of the escrow and other matters do suggest the desire to decide this as promptly as humanly possible, I’m going to render this decision orally. As I hope the detail of it will reflect, the oral nature does not suggest that this decision has been reached at all casually. In fact, it is the result of months of participation and scrutiny of the evolving proposed settlements.
Basically, I’m now asked to do two things: one, to conditionally certify two classes for settlement purposes only…
2Cases cited16 opinions
- Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 98,755, Fed. Sec. L. Rep. P 99,074 William B. Weinberger v. James C. Kendrick, Charles M. CoyneCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1983
- In Re Northern District of California, Dalkon Shield Iud Products Liability Litigation.Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit · 1982
- In re Baldwin-United Corp.Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1985
- Dura-Bilt Corp. v. Chase Manhattan Corp.District Court, S.D. New York · 1981
- In Re Bendectin Products Liability LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit · 1984
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3Cited by22 opinions
- In Re General Motors Corporation Pick-Up Truck Fuel Tank Products Liability Litigation. Jack French, Robert M. West, Charles E. Merritt, Gary Blades, Dawn and Tracey Best, Gary and Jackie Barnes, Betty Marteny, John and Mary Southands, Edmund Berning, Dale W. Plummer, Edmund and Anneta Casey, John and Connie Yonki, Carl and Kathryn Corona, Dallas and Patricia Nelson, Mynard and Mildred Duncan, Kirby L. Stegman, Dewayne Anderson, Morris and Barbara Betzold, in No. 94-1064. Rudolph Jenkins, William D. Cunningham, Mather Johnson, Forrest Charles Ginn, Buren William Jones and Martin D. Parkman, in No. 94-1194. Parish of Jefferson, in No. 94-1195. The State of New York, in No. 94-1198. Elton Wilson, Individually, and Frank I. Owen, Individually and on Behalf of the Residents of the State of Alabama, in No. 94-1202. City of New York, in No. 94-1203. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1207. Betty Youngs, Barbara Phillips, Margaret Engel, Larry Swope, Robbin Maxwell and Center for Auto Safety, in No. 94-1208. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Department of Transportation, in No. 94-1219Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit · 1995
- Findley v. Blinken (In Re Joint Eastern & Southern District Asbestos Litigation)District Court, S.D. New York · 1991
- Alvarado Partners, L.P. v. MehtaDistrict Court, D. Colorado · 1989
- Bowling v. Pfizer, Inc.District Court, S.D. Ohio · 1992
- Ex Parte First Nat. Bank of JasperSupreme Court of Alabama · 1997
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