Legal Opinion
In Re Multidistrict Private Civil Treble Damage Litigation Involving Gypsum Wallboard
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided February 27, 1969No. 14PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
When the defendants filed their motion seeking coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings there were 49 cases pending in the above-captioned litigation, all but two of which had been filed in the Northern District of California and had been consolidated and assigned to the Honorable Alfonso J. Zirpoli. The other two cases had been filed in the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and had not been assigned to a specific judge. 1 After we had ordered a hearing on the motion, the State of Indiana commenced a similar action in the Northern District of Illinois. The hearing…
3Cases cited2 opinions
- In Re Plumbing Fixture CasesUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1968
- In Re Protection Devices & Equipment & Central Station Protection Service Antitrust CasesUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1968
4Cited by4 opinions
- In Re Multidistrict Private Civil Treble Damage Litigation Involving Gypsum WallboardUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969
- In re Revenue Properties Co.United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1970
- In re Multidistrict Private Civil Treble Damage Antitrust Litigation Involving Gypsum WallboardUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1969
- In re Western Liquid AsphaltUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1970