Legal Opinion

In Re Multidistrict Private Civil Treble Damage Litigation Involving Library Editions of Children's Books

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided October 17, 1968No. 2, 4, 5, 6 and 7PublishedCited by 29 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

OPINION AND ORDER TRANSFERRING CIVIL ACTIONS UNDER SECTION 1407, TITLE 28, UNITED STATES CODE, TO THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Judge of the Panel.

Pending m eight United States district courts are twenty-one private antitrust treble damage suits filed by certain states, counties, and cities against major publishers and wholesalers of library editions of children’s books. See Schedule A. August 8, 1968, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation heard Motions to Transfer these cases to a single district court (the Southern District of New York or the Northern District…

2Cases cited1 opinion

Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. v. New Jersey Wood Finishing Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1965

3Cited by29 opinions

In Re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. Vi)United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1991
In Re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings in Antibiotic Antitrust ActionsDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1971
In Re Commonwealth Oil/Tesoro Petroleum Securities LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1978
In Re Multidistrict Civil Antitrust Actions Involving Antibiotic DrugsUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969
In Re National Student Marketing LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1973

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