Legal Opinion
Good v. Altria Group, Inc.
District Court, D. Maine
Decided June 10, 2009No. CV-05-127-B-WPublishedCited by 17 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON MOTION TO STAY PENDING RESOLUTION OF MDL PETITION
JOHN A. WOODCOCK, JR., Chief Judge.
The Court orders a temporary stay of the proceedings in this case to allow the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPMDL) to rule on a pending motion to transfer this case along with other light cigarette cases to a single district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407.
I. STATEMENT OF FACTS
On May 4, 2009, the Court received a letter from Judge John G. Heyburn II, Chairman of the JPMDL, concerning Good v. Altria Group, Inc. Judge Heyburn informed the Court that a motion had been filed…
2Cases cited10 opinions
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- Good v. Prudential Insurance Co. of AmericaDistrict Court, N.D. California · 1998
- Rivers v. Walt Disney Co.District Court, C.D. California · 1997
- Brown v. Crown Equipment Corp.Supreme Judicial Court of Maine · 2008
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