In Re Clinton Oil Company Securities Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

Before ALFRED P. MURRAH * , Chairman, and JOHN MINOR WISDOM, EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER,* JOSEPH S. LORD, III, and STANLEY A. WEIGEL, Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.

This litigation consists of seven private actions in five different districts against Clinton Oil Company and certain individuals concerning alleged violations of the federal securities laws. Plaintiffs in these actions purport to represent basically two classes of claimants: persons who purchased participating interests in oil and gas programs of Clinton Oil and persons who purchased…