IN RE: Iowa Beef Processors Employment Termination Contract Litigation

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DOCKET NO. 315 ~
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATIPN =LE
IN RE IOWA BEEF PROCESSORS EMPLOYMENT TERMINATION CONTRACE: an
LITIGATION mao TE	fn : (54 Jin TherTAT ce i2t
ORDER DENYING TRANSFER Se om VEE	5 PE
The Panel ruled from the bench at the hearing on @fs 3
matter that the three actions involved in this litigation do
not share unusually complex questions of fact and that transfer
of these actions to a single district pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407
for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings would not
necessarily serve the convenience of the parties and witngsses	1
or promote the just and efficient conduct of the actions. —
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that transfer pursuant to
Section 1407 of the actions listed on the attached Schedule
A be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
FOR THE PANEL:
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Lo) 522 In re Scotch Whiskey, 299 F. Supp. 543, 544 (J.P.M.L.

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SR Schedule A
Docket No. 315
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA Civil Action No.
Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. v. Amalgamated C77-4040
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North
America, AFL-CIO, et al.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF IOWA
Lex Hawkins and John A. Cochrane v. 77=-219-2
Iowa Beef Processors, Inc., et al.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Iowa Beef Processors, Inc. v. Amalgamated 77-CIV-2878
Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North
America, AFL-CIO, et al.