Legal Opinion
In re Marine Construction Antitrust Litigation
United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation
Decided April 10, 1980No. 417Published
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION AND ORDER
2Per curiam
This litigation consists of 66 actions pending in four federal districts: 49 in the Southern District of Texas; nine in the Eastern District of Louisiana; seven in the Northern District of Illinois; and one in the Southern District of New York.
The 66 actions were spawned by the indictment of J. Ray McDermott and Co., Inc. (McDermott); four of its executive officers; Brown and Root, Inc. (Brown and Root); and two of its executive officers. The indictment was filed on December 14, 1978, by a federal grand jury sitting in New Orleans, Louisiana, and charges defendants with…
3Cases cited3 opinions
- Douglas Oil Co. of Cal. v. Petrol Stops NorthwestSupreme Court of the United States · 1979
- In Re Hawaiian Hotel Room Rate Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1977
- In re California Armored Car Antitrust LitigationUnited States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation · 1979