In re Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation

OPINION AND ORDER

The Panel, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407, previously has centralized several actions in this litigation in the Central District of California and, with the consent of that court, assigned them to the Honorable William P. Gray. In re Petroleum Products Antitrust Litigation, 419 F.Supp. 712 (Jud.Pan.Mult.Lit.1976).1 The actions presently before Judge Gray in the Central District of California include actions brought by the States of Connecticut, Florida, California, Washington, Oregon, Arizona and Kansas, and by the City of Long Beach, California. The complaints in the state…