In re Multidistrict Private Civil Treble Damage Litigation Involving Gypsum Wallboard

OPINION AND ORDER

The State of Arizona brought an action against United States Gypsum and other producers of gypsum wallboard and was transferred, pursuant to 28 U. S.C. § 1407(a), to the Northern District of California for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings before the Honorable Alfonso J. Zirpoli. Arizona moves .the Panel for severance of the second cause of action in its complaint and for remand of same to the District of Arizona for separate proceedings. United States Gypsum Company, the only named defendant in Arizona’s second cause of action, opposes remand.1 We deny…