Legal Opinion
In re Light Cigarettes Marketing Sales Practices Litigation
District Court, D. Maine
Decided December 12, 2011No. 1:09-md-02068-JAWPublishedCited by 38 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTIONS FOR SUGGESTION OF REMAND TO TRANSFEROR COURT AND OBJECTIONS TO EXTENSION OF ORDER ON MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
The Court concludes that this multidistrict litigation has run its course and sug*75gests to the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation that the remaining four cases be referred back to the transferor courts. The Court further declines to impose its class certification order on four exemplar cases to the remaining cases.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
A. Procedural History
The Plaintiffs brought class actions on behalf of purchasers of…
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