In re Sunshine Mining Co. Securities Litigation

*224OPINION AND ORDER

Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, STANLEY A. WEIGEL, ANDREW A. CAFFREY, and ROY W. HARPER, Judges of the Panel. PER CURIAM.

This litigation consists of three actions pending in two districts: two in the Southern District of New York and one in the Eastern District of Washington. Each of these actions centers around the activities of the board of directors of Sunshine Mining Company (Sunshine) in connection with attempts by Great Western United Corporation (Great Western) to acquire a sizeable amount of Sunshine…