Legal Opinion
In Re American Financial Corp. Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided July 20, 1977No. 285PublishedCited by 5 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, * JOSEPH S. LORD, III * , STANLEY A. WEIGEL, and ANDREW A. CAFFREY, Judges of the Panel.
2Per curiam
This litigation consists of four actions pending in two federal districts: Merton in the Central District of California, and Gold-stein, Elfenbein and Chekares in the Southern District of New York.
Merton was filed in the Central District of California in early 1973 as a class action on behalf of certain holders of $40 common stock purchase warrants of National General Corporation (NGC). On April…
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