IN RE: Amtrak Train Derailment at Frankewing, Tennessee, on October1, 1975

JPML, FORM 1A ’ DOCKET ENTRIES
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO. 273 -- IN RE AMTRAK TRAIN DERAILMENT AT FRANKEWING, TENNESSEE ON OCT. 1,19%5
Date Code
8/31/76 MOTION w/SUPPORTZI BR —— defendants National Railroad PasSenge
Fo ] Corp. and Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company
| |] with Affidavit of John J. Hannigan, Schedule of Cases and
CC] certificate of service -
9/9/76 ] APPEARANCES .-- Amtrak, Inc., National Railroad Passenger Corp., and
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Co. by Walton N.
] Smith of Lord, Bissell & Brook
] Mrs. Marie Pennington by J. B. Lee
9/29/76 MOTION FOR ORDER -- Defendants Movants w/cert. of service
10/4/76 RESPONSE _-- Margaret Backs w
10/5/76 Lo] HEARING ORDER =-- Setting A-1l, A-2 & B-1 for hearing 10/29/76 Wash., D.C.
9/16/76 | la [MOTION TO AMEND -- movants w/cert. of service to add B-
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10/8/76 4] MOTION TO AMEND --MOVAKN W/Cert. of Service to add B=Z2 gp 3
0 : ORDER. == AMENDING HEARING ORDER TO INCLUDE B-2 and B-3 -- Notified
Co Counsel, involved judges.
10/35/76 ] ACQUIESCENCE IN MOTION--Melville M. Barnes no service lndicated
10/28/76 | | WAIVERS OF ORAL ARGUMENTS FOR 10/29/76 HEARING -- Marie Pennington,
lL] Melville M. Barnes, Margaret Banks.
10/29/76 | | MOTION TO AMEND -- MOVANTS -- to Add C-l-- TO BE TREATED AS A TAG ALONG
Cc /7¢ RESPONSE -- DARLE A. DALE w/cert. of service
4/21/77 ] CONSENT OF TRANSFEREE COURT -- FOR JUDGE I.. CLURE MORTON to handle
] litigation in the M.D. Of Tennessee under 28 U.S.C. §1407.
4/23/77 | | OPINION AND ORDER -- transferring A-1, A-2, B-1, B-2, B-3 SEN
|] to the M.D. Tennessee for assignment to Judge L.., Clure Morton
| | under 28 U.S.C. §1407.
4/27/77 | [Darle A. Dale v. National Railroad Passenger	Corp., et al., N.D. ILL.,
| Civil Acton No. 76C3964 ee
CC] CTO Filed today. Notified involved counsel and judges.
5/13/77 | | c-1 DARLE A. DALE V. NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP., N.D.ILL,
C.A. 76C3964 -- CTO FINAL TODAY. NOITIFIED CLERKS, INVOLVED JUDGES
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DOCKET NO. 273 ~- JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
bern. IN RE AMTRAK TRAIN DERATLMENT AT FRANKEWING, TENNESSEE ON OCTOBER 1, 1975
Summary of Panel Actions
Date(s) of Hearing(s) 7
Consolidation Ordered Hajl77 Consolidation Denied
Opinion and/or Order '
Citation
Transferee District MN. D. / £E JUN Ld Transferee Judge L. Clure Morfon C
Intra- District Civil Date of
Office and Action TransferfTransfereePismissal
Number Caption Judge Number Date Pocket No.pr Remand Misc.
- : 1] . = nu fod
A-1 Margaret Backs v. Amtrak, Inc., et horny A CO A63 AY 2077 ~3236 pw : RA ry	. Ho=t=2e38- 2G	0
A-2 Elizabeth Marie Pennington v. .D.Tenn IEAEY:National Railroad Passenger Corp., Morton |76-143-NA-C foie 1178
et al.
B-1 Randall Brent Thompson, et al. v. .D.Tenn |{76-321~NA~-CY
National Railroad Passenger Corp., orton * 2/57 —	and Louisville & Nashville Rialroad 7 2 7,
Co.
B-2 Melville M. Barnes v. National .D.Tenn |76-352 NA-CY xl EN EE
Railroad Passenger Corp., and orton 725s h	. Louisville & Nashville Railroad ”
Co. .
B-3 Patricia Nixon v. National Railroad M.D. Tenn 76-379-NA-CV : 2) fre
Passenger Corp. and Louisville orton
& Nashville Railroad Co.
| / ] 1 NE ¥ hi ‘atg 7
c-1 Darle A. Dale v. National Railroad N.D.I11 |76C3964 573/77 77-3250 pA Amend Md
Passenger Corp., et al. 4/37) 77 Slap 5/4 “Motion	727 73110/29/76
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ATTORNEY SERVICE LIST
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO. 273 -- _IN RE AMTRAK TRAIN DERAILMENT AT FRANKEWING, TENNESSEE,
ON OCTOBER 1, 1975
| MARGARET BACKS (A-1) DALE A. DARLE Cecuir| Coghlan and Joyce Powers McGuire, Esquire
| One N. LaSalle St., Suite 400 9 South Lasalle Stoe03Chicago, Illinois 60602 gor
| ELIZABETH MARIE PENNINGTON (A-2) ES	——
J. D. Lee, Esquire
1214 Highway 411 N.
Madisonville, Tennessee 37354
AMTRAK, INC.
NATIONAL RAILROAD PASSENGER CORP.
LOUISVILLE & NASHVILLE RAILROAD CO,
Walton N. Smith, Esquire
Lord, Bissell & Brook
21 Dupont Circle, N.W., Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20036
: RANDALL BRENT THOMPSON (B-1)
A, B, Neil, Jr., Esquire
1113 United America Bank Bldg.
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
MELVILLE M. BARNES
Louis Farrell, Jr., Esquire
921 J. C. Bradford Building
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
PATRICIA NIXON
Karl L. Bishop, Esquire
327 Union Street
Nashville, Tennessee 37219
Sidney Krieger, Esquire
664 Broadway
Room 201
Gary, Indiana 48402