Legal Opinion

In re A. H. Robins Co.

United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

Decided December 8, 1975No. 211PublishedCited by 3 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

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.

I. Background of the Litigation

The Daikon Shield is an intrauterine contraceptive device that was invented in 1968. It was clinically tested from September 1968 to November 1969, at which time it was commercially introduced to the medical profession by the Daikon Corporation. On June 12, 1970, the A. H. Robins Co., Inc. (Robins), a manufacturer and distributor of pharmaceuticals and other…

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