IN RE: Cast Iron Pipe Antitrust Litigation

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DOCKET NO. 81
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
IN RE CAST IRON PIPE ANTITRUST LITIGATION
ORDER
It appearing that all parties to the actions listed on
the attached Schedule A agree on the desirability of trans-
ferring the actions pending in other districts to the Northern
District of Alabama for coordinated or consolidated pretrial
proceedings under 28 U.S.C. §1407 with the actions pending in
that district before the Honorable Sam C. Pointer, Jr. and the
Panel having found, upon the basis of the papers submitted and
the hearing held, that these actions involve common questions
of fact and that transfer would serve the convenience of the
parties and witnesses and would further the just and efficient
& conduct of the litigation,IT IS ORDERED that all actions pending in districts other
than the Northern District of Alabama be, and the same hereby
are, transferred to the Northern District of Alabama and, with
the consent of that court, are assigned to the Honorable Sam C.
Pointer, Jr. for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings
under 28 U.S.C. §1407 with the other actions pending in that
district and listed on Schedule A,
FOR THE PANEL:
CRIT gman TESSwl em ev ae J 5
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Chairman
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© SCHEDULE A DOCKET NO. 81
9 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
State of Alabama v, American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71-530
State of Indiana v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. (*) No. 71-285
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. American Cast Civil Action
Iron Pipe Co., et al. (*) No. 71-286
State of Illinois v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. (*) No. 71-287
State of Texas v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Civil Action
et al. (*) No. 71-288
Metropolitan Government of Nashville v. American Civil Action
Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al. (*) No. 71-289
WESTERN DISTRICT OF MISSOURI
State of Missouri v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 19524-2
& NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
Metropolitan Sanitary District of Greater Civil Action
Chicago v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 C 1928
Washington Suburban Sanitary Commission, etc. Civil Action
v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 C 2587
The City of Newark, New Jersey, et al. v. Civil Action
American Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al, No. 71 C 2588
The Sanitary District of the City of Gary, Civil Action
Indiana v, American Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 C 2589
EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
County of Erie, New York, etc. v. American Civil Action
Cast Iron Pipe Co,., et al. No. 71-2499
City of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, etc. v. Civil Action
American Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71-2500
9 (*) Transferred from the Northern District of Illinois by	Judge Austin under Section 1404 (a) on April 2, 1971.
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SCHEDULE A -2 - DOCKET NO. 81
® SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
City of New York v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 2363
State of Vermont v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No, 71 Civ, 2364
State of Iowa v. American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Civil Action
et al. No. 71 Civ. 2365
Commonwealth of Virginia v. American Cast Civil Action
Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 2422
City of Memphis v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 2423
State of Louisiana v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 2424
State of Florida v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 2563
State of Rhode Island v. American Cast Iron Civil Action
é Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 2607State of Nevada v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 2986
State of Georgia v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 3546
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. American Civil Action
Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 3695
State of Mississippi v. American Cast Iron Civil Action
Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 3746
State of Arizona v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 3811
State of New York v. American Cast Iron Pipe Civil Action
Co., et al. No. 71 Civ. 4497
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
State of Washington v. American Cast Iron Civil Action
Pipe Co., et al. No. 103-71 C2
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9 (*%) WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
Merle McCollum v., American Cast Iron Pipe Co., Civil Action
et al. No. Civ-71-548
EASTERN DISTRICT OF KENTUCKY
~ Commonwealth of Kentucky v. American Cast Iron Civil Action
Pipe Co., et al. No. 385
(**) Transferred by Judge Luther Bohanon to the Northern District
of Alabama under 28 U.S.C. §1404(a) by order of November 8,
1971.
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BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
IN RE CAST IRON PIPE ANTITRUST LITIGATION
ORDER
IT IS ORDERED that the Schedule A attached to the
order to transfer in the above-captioned litigation filed
on November 17, 1971, be amended to include the following
newly-filed actions:
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
The State of Connecticut v. American Civil Action
Cast Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 C 2648
é The State of Maryland, et al. Vv. American Civil Action	Cast.Iron Pipe Co., et al. No. 71 C 2649
FOR THE PANEL:
letep - of	Alfred P. Murrah
Chairman
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Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority v. American Cast Iron “
Pipe Co., et al., D. Puerto Rico, Civil Action No. 657-73 8
ORDER EE
It appearing that all parties to the above-captioned : :
action oppose the transfer of that action to the Northern District
of Alabama for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings
under 28 U.S.C. §1407 with the actions in the above-captioned
litigation previously transferred by the Panel to that district
and the Panel having found, upon the basis of the papers sub-
mitted and the hearing held, that the above action does not CoE
involve questions of fact common to the Cast Iron Pipe Antitrust oo
Litigation and that transfer of the above action would neither :
serve the convenience	of the parties and witnesses nor further ’
the just and efficient conduct of the litigation, : :
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the October 9, 1973,
conditional transfer order entered in the above-captioned action
be, and the same hereby is, VACATED.
FOR THE PANEL: ’
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“TAlfred	P. Murrah
Chairman

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