Legal Opinion

United States v. Union Pacific Railroad

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided October 27, 1969No. 22PublishedCited by 2 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER

2Per curiam

Following a hearing in Denver, Colorado on May 23, 1969 the Panel found that the civil actions comprising this litigation involved substantial common questions of fact and concluded that their transfer to a single district for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings would be for the convenience of parties and witnesses and would promote the just and efficient conduct of these actions. On June 23, 1969 the Panel transferred twenty-six related actions1 *4from the districts in which they were filed to the District of Kansas and, with the consent of the Chief Judge of that…

3Cases cited1 opinion

  1. In Re Grain ShipmentsUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969

4Cited by2 opinions

  1. Securities & Exchange Commission v. U. S. Financial, Inc.District Court, S.D. California · 1974
  2. In Re Liquid Carbonic Truck Drivers Chemical Poisoning LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1976

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