1:71-F-00081•IN RE: Cast Iron Pipe Antitrust Litigation
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Case MDL No. 81 Document 2 Filed 04/30/15 Page 1 of 6 +. J i ® EE : Coy [371 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 bots ts Anam gL red FP. Murrah —m Chairman
Case MDL No. 81 Document 2 Filed 04/30/15 Page 2 of 6 © 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.
Case MDL No. 81 Document 2 Filed 04/30/15 Page 3 of 6 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
Case MDL No. 81 Document 2 Filed 04/30/15 Page 4 of 6 « SCHEDULE A - 3 - DOCKET NO. 81 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.
Case MDL No. 81 Document2 Filed 04/30/15 Page 5 of 6 . FEE 7 13 : DOCKET NO. 81 oh 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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IN RE CAST IRON PIPE ANTITRUST LITIGATION RRC FAIL EI SL
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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