Legal Opinion
In re Flight Transportation Corp. Securities Litigation
Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit
Decided June 12, 1985No. Nos. 85-1057, 85-5023PublishedCited by 1 opinion
1Opinion of the Court
ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.
Petitioners ask this Court to grant a writ of mandamus or prohibition directing the District Court1 to vacate its order transferring these consolidated actions from the District of Minnesota to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.2 We hold that the District Court exceeded its power in ordering transfer “only for the purposes of tri*516al” and therefore direct the clerk to issue a writ of mandamus.
The present litigation involves some 52 eases that arose from two stock offerings of Flight Transportation Corporation and its subsequent bankruptcy.3 On November 2. 1982, the…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- In Re Flight Transportation Corporation Securities LitigationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1984
- In Re Nine Mile Limited, D/B/A Serco Administrators and American Warranty CorporationCourt of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit · 1982
- In Re Multidistrict Civil Actions Involving the Air Crash Disaster Near HanoverDistrict Court, D. New Hampshire · 1971