Legal Opinion
In Re Air Crash Disaster at Toronto International Airport on July 5, 1970
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided July 25, 1972No. 103PublishedCited by 2 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
On July 5, 1970, a passenger aircraft operated by Air Canada crashed near Toronto International Airport, fatally injuring one hundred passengers and nine crew members. Since the time of the crash 34 wrongful death actions have been instituted in the federal and state courts. Some of these cases were filed in the Central District of California and several additional actions were either removed to or transferred to that district. All of the actions pending in that district and listed on the attached Schedule A have been assigned to Judge Peirson Hall and pretrial proceedings in…
3Cases cited8 opinions
- Pfizer, Inc., Defendants-Petitioners v. Honorable Miles W. Lord, United States District Judge, and State of Oregon, Plaintiffs-RespondentsCourt of Appeals for the Second Circuit · 1971
- Illinois v. Harper & Row Publishers, Inc.District Court, N.D. Illinois · 1972
- In Re Plumbing Fixtures LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1972
- In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Antibiotic Antitrust ActionsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
- Jack Winter, Inc. v. Koratron CompanyDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1971
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4Cited by2 opinions
- In Re the Regents of the University of CaliforniaCourt of Appeals for the Federal Circuit · 1992
- In Re American Financial Corp. LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977