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Adams Extract Co. v. Alton Box Board Co.

Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit

Decided October 29, 1981No. Nos. 80-1093, 80-1103 and 80-1264PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Per curiam

These consolidated appeals challenge orders of the district court requiring the Department of Justice to turn over to the plaintiffs in this civil action transcripts of testimony given before a grand jury. Because we find that the appeals are moot, we vacate the judgment of the district court and dismiss the appeals.

The background of this multidistrict class action having been explained in prior opinions,1 we recite here only those events necessary to the understanding of this appeal. During the years 1975-1977, a federal grand jury was convened in Houston, Texas, to investigate the…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Cfs Continental, Inc., Rossville Packing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Ilikon Corp., Wittek Golf Supply Co., Inc., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees v. Pleasure Hours, Inc., St. Joe Paper Co., the Continental Group, Olinkraft, Inc., Container Corporation of America, the Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Owens-Illinois, Inc., MacMillan Bloedel, Inc., Inland Container Corp., Menasha Corp., U. S. Corrugated Fibre-Box Co., Stone Container Corp., Defendants- Appellants-Appellees. In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Cfs Continental, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Rossville Packing Co., Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Ilikon Corp., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, Pleasure Hours, Inc., London Dry Ltd., Plaintiffs- Objectors-Appellants-Appellees v. The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Stone Container Corp., Defendants-Appellants-AppelleesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981
  2. In Re Grand Jury Proceedings of Robert W. Beverly v. United StatesCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1972

3Cited by1 opinion

  1. In Re Corrugated Container Grand Jury and Corrugated Container Anti-Trust Criminal and Civil Litigation. Adams Extract Company v. Alton Box Board Company, Kenneth Adler, Intervenors-Appellants, James A. Braud, Defendants-Intervenors-Appellants. In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co., Cfs Continental, Inc., Townhouse Furniture, Rossville Packing Co., Denver Meat Co., Carron Manufacturing Co., Andre-Boudin Bakeries, Inc., Ilikon Corp., Great Northern Packaging Corp., Plaintiffs-Appellants-Appellees, Pleasure Hours, Inc., London Dry Ltd., Plaintiffs-Objectors-Appellants-Appellees v. The Chesapeake Corporation of Virginia, Stone Container Corp., Defendants-Appellants-Appellees. In Re Corrugated Container Antitrust Litigation. Adams Extract Co. v. Alton Box Board Company, James A. Braud, Messrs. A, B and C, Intervenors-AppellantsCourt of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit · 1981

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