Dalkon Shield Trust v. Reiser

OPINION

DONALD RUSSELL, Circuit Judge:

Ralph G. Reiser, counsel for plaintiffs in a New York medical malpractice action, appeals an order issued by the district court permanently enjoining him from continuing the Dalkon-Shield-related suit in the New York courts and ordering him to dismiss the suit 131 B.R. 292. The district court issued the order pursuant to the provisions of the A.H. Robins Sixth Amended and Restated Plan of Reorganization (Plan), which prohibits parties with Daikon Shield claims from prosecuting those claims other than before the Daikon Shield Claimants Trust (Trust).…