Legal Opinion
Allen v. Dalkon Shield Trust (In re A.H. Robins Co.)
District Court, E.D. Virginia
Decided May 16, 1995No. 85-01307-RPublishedCited by 3 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM
MERHIGE, District Judge.
Daikon Shield Claimant Sharon Allen (“Movant”), who appeared pro se before the Court on May 12,1995,1 seeks relief from the Daikon Shield Claimant Trust’s (“Trust”) final June 30, 1994, deadline to file a Daikon Shield claim. For the reasons which follow, her request will be denied.
I
In mid-April, 1994, the Trust published, in sixty-eight newspapers worldwide,2 a one-day quarter-page “Notice of Final Deadline of June 30, 1994, for Filing Claims with the Daikon Shield Claimants Trust.”3 This notice specifically, repeatedly and unambiguously warned potential…
2Cases cited6 opinions
- Walter Gordon v. William D. Leeke, Commissioner Joe Martin, Warden, Wayne Stephen Young v. George H. Collins, WardenCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1978
- Leeke v. GordonSupreme Court of the United States · 1978
- J. Ferber Coleman v. Courtland C. Peyton, Superintendent of the Virginia State PenitentiaryCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1965
- Besag v. Dalkon Shield Trust (In re A.H. Robins Co.)District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1994
- Vancouver Women's Health Collective Society Women's Health Clinic, Inc. Council for the Status of Women of Dublin, Ireland v. A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, Intervenor. National Women's Health Network Ubinig v. A.H. Robins Company, Incorporated, Official Committee of Equity Security Holders, Intervenor. Committee of Dalkon Shield v. A.H. Robins Company, IncorporatedCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1987
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3Cited by3 opinions
- In re A.H. Robins Co.District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1997
- Bennett v. Dalkon Shield Trust (In re A.H. Robins Co.)District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1996
- Warren v. Dalkon Shield Trust (In re A.H. Robins Co.)District Court, E.D. Virginia · 1995