Legal Opinion

Minnesota v. Pharmacia Corp.

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided December 11, 2002No. MDL-1456PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

TRANSFER ORDER

WILLIAM TERRELL HODGES, Chairman.

Presently before the Panel is a motion, pursuant to Rule 7.4, R.P.J.P.M.L., 199 F.R.D. 425, 435-36 (2001), by the State plaintiff in this action (State of Minnesota) to vacate the Panel’s order conditionally transferring State of Minnesota to the District of Massachusetts for inclusion in the Section 1407 proceedings occurring there in this docket. Defendant Pharma-cia Corp. (Pharmacia) favors inclusion of this action in Section 1407 proceedings.

On the basis of the papers filed and hearing session held, the Panel finds that State of Minnesota…

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