Legal Opinion
Weidberg v. American Airlines, Inc.
District Court, N.D. Illinois
Decided January 12, 1972No. 70 C 1879 and related casesPublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
NAPOLI, District Judge.
This Multidistrict Litigation was transferred to this court for consolidated pretrial proceedings by the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a), In re Air Fare Litigation, 322 F.Supp. 1013 (1971). The Panel realized that the seven actions which were filed in the wake of the decision of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia in Moss v. Civil Aeronautics Board, 139 U.S.App.D.C. 150, 430 F.2d 891 (1970) presented our federal judiciary with the problem of conflicting and overlapping class actions.…
2Cases cited18 opinions
- Texas & Pacific Railway Co. v. Abilene Cotton Oil Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1907
- Montana-Dakota Utilities Co. v. Northwestern Public Service Co.Supreme Court of the United States · 1951
- Interstate Commerce Commission v. Louisville & Nashville RailroadSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
- United Gas Pipe Line Co. v. Mobile Gas Service Corp.Supreme Court of the United States · 1956
- Int. Com. Comm. v. Louis. & Nash. RRSupreme Court of the United States · 1913
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3Cited by6 opinions
- Roberts v. American Airlines, Inc.Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit · 1975
- Peoples Energy Corp. v. Illinois Commerce CommissionAppellate Court of Illinois · 1986
- Gowdey v. Commonwealth Edison Co.Appellate Court of Illinois · 1976
- Moss v. Civil Aeronautics BoardCourt of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit · 1975
- Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. v. Arlington CountySupreme Court of Virginia · 1972
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