IN RE: Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Maternity Benefits Litigation

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5/23/75 § | ORDER TO SHOW CA why actions A-1 through a-4 should not be_
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—] ___coordinated	or consolidated pretrial	: ; proceedings	pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407
| Notified involved counsel and involved judge	6 N RESPONSE ~ COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS	OF AMERICA AFL-CIO w/cert. of ser =
6/3/75 | APPEARANCES -- Communications Workers of America (A-1 pltf & def.)	I Pltfs. Linda Redde, et al. (A-2), Mildred Shackelford
i (A-3);Southwestern	Bell Telephone Co. (def.)
6/5/75 RESPONSE -- LINDA REDDEN	AND DIANE TRAVIS w/cert. of service
6/5/751 3 J RESPONSE -- MARY M. HUGHES,	ET AL. w/cert. of service ~~
6/5/1 | 4 | RESPONSE -- SOUTHWESTERN	BELL TELEPHONE w/cert. of service
6/5/75 | |HEARING ORDER --June	27, 1975 -- Denver, Colorado
{| Setting Actions A-1	thvough	A-4 -- Order to Show cause wh
| actions should not be consolidated.
6/9 § 5 § RESPONSE --MILDRED SHACKELFORD	w/cert. of service	— ~
6711/ = APPEARANCE -- Louis Gilden	for plaintiffs Bishop, Wassenberg, Harrison	1 _ Noah, Alexander, Garver and English
c/13/75 6] RESPONSE =-- LUCILE WOOTEN, CONSTANCE J. PAGE, BARBARA L. WILSON
lf VELMA FUSSEL w/Brief and Cert. of Service
: | JeeERANCE = LUCLL WOOTEN, CONSTANCE J. PAGE, BRRPARA I WILSON	VELMA FUSSEL == Henrv M. Rosenblum. Esquire
6/18 | 7 | RESPONSE ~~ Pltfs. Lillie R_ English, Sarah L. Bishop, Loretta A
Cd oo Wassenberg, Mable	R, Ha Lson inda K. Alexander and
| Deanne M. Garver (Ordered a Pa plainti: on Ma and
6/20 |Y APPERANCE -- Henry M. Rosenblum, Esquire for PAGE, WILSON, FUSSELL
i and	XXEXEK WOOTEN
2/1/15 |1 AppPERAN — Sheldon Weinhau Cae eee —rap AFL=CIO
DO ] NA RO ORA AR MEN —=_ Ma ¥ ghe an x onne |
9.9 I] ON N Q RAN R QURT == 0 dge- Roy W, Harper to handle .
[ itigation in he D. Mj 0 i
9/9/75 |	JOPINION AND ORDER -- transferring litigation to the D. Missouri
— Q coordinated o onsolidated pre 13
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9/23/75 } CORRECTION ORDER -- Adding the word allegedly to the first sentence.
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8 | 8 IB-1 McNulty v. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., W.D. MO., _
: C.A.# 76CV816-W-1 a
Brief) MOTION, Communications Workers of America to transfer action to
i the Eastern District of Missouri, under 28 U.S.C. §1407.
3/21/77 RESPONSE -- Donna Lee McNulty -- In Opposition to Third-Party Defendants
Motion for Transfer of Tag-Along Action w/cert. of service.
3/24 |10| RESPONSE -- SOUTHWESTERN BELL	TELEPHONE	CO. w/cert. of service
$ | | HEARTNG ORDER =- Setting B-1 McNulty v. Southwestern BellTele.	Co.,
[1 Los Angeles, Calif.
1/19 | §WATVER OF ORAL ARGU T —- The Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO,
-— for hearing of 4/22/77 in los Angeles, California.	4/19/77 i WAIVER OF ORA ARGUMENT --Tillje R English, et al for 4/22/77 hearing
lL] in Los Angeles, California.
4/19/77] |WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.,for 4/22/77
] earing in Los geles, California . .
|	4/19/77)	— YWATVER OF ORAL AGRUMENT--Plainti IcNulty--for 2 earing in
i Los Angeles, California

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DOCKET NO. 216 __ IN RE SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. MATERNITY BENEFITS LIT.
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4/22/77 | | WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Plaintiffs Lucille Wooten, et al. for
lL] 4/22/77 hearing in Los Angeles, California
6/30/77 | | TRANSFER ORDER -- B-1 Donna Lee McNulty v. Southwestern Bell
CC] Telephone Co., et al., W.D. MO, C.A. #CV-816-W-1, NOTIFIED
] INVOLVED JUDGES AND COUNSEL.
10/19/77 MOTION FOR TRANSFER OF TAG-ALONG CASE -% Southwestern Be elephane
Co Co., w/cert. of cert. and BRIEF
/ ] HEARING ORDER ~-- Setting C-1-- Piedra, et al. v. Southwestern Bell
lL] W.D. Texas, SA76CA385 for hearing--12/7/77
IE San Diego, Calf.
11/11/77 | |REQUEST FOR ¥¥¥BH¥ EXTENSION OF TIME -- counsel for Veronica Piedra,
ro et al. granted to include 11/18/77.
11/30/77 | | WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Plaintiffs Linda Redden and Diane Travis
FREER OEE ERE RERE RHE REE EERE HERE
| | for 12/7/77 hearing in San Diego, Ca. (ea)
11/30/77 ] WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Plaintiffs Lillie R. English, et al.
| for 12/7/77 hearing in San Diego, Ca. (ea)
11/30/77 | | WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Plaintiffs Veronica Piedra, Cecilia A.
Co Macias, and Belinda Garcia, et al., for hearing held 1247/77 in
| San Diego, CA. (ea)
11/30/77 | | WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Defendant Southwestern Bell Telephone
| | Co., for 12/7/77 hearing in San Diego, CA. (ea)
11/30/77 WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Plaintiffs Donna Lee McNulty for
CO 12/7/77 hearing in San Diego, Ca. (ea)
0/ |{WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Plaintiff/Third Party Defendant
Communications Workers of America, AFL-CIO for 12/7/77 hearing
Co in San Diego, Ca. (ea)
12/5/77 ] WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT -- Mary M. Hughes & Susan K. Conners for
] 12/7/77 hearing in San Diego, Ca. (ea
12/21/77] | ORDER -- Transferring C-1 to the Eastern District of Missouri
| for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings. (ea
6/12/78 MOTION, BRIEF —- Plaintiff C-1 Veronica Piedra, et al. v. South-
western Bell Telephone Co., E.D. Mo., C.A. No. 77-1337-C(A)
— w/cert. of service6/16/78 RESPONSE -- Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. ~-- w/cert. serv. (cds
6/21/78 | | APPEARANCE: CHARLES A. WERNER, ESQ. for Defendant Communication
CC] Workers of America (cds
6/29/78 | |[HEARING ORDER ~- REGARDING REMAND OF COUNTS THREE AND FOUR OF FOLLOWING
|] ACTION TO THE W.D. TEXAS = Jeronica Piedra, et al.
] Vv. Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., et al., C.A. No.
] 77-1337C(a) XE} get for Hearing in Los Angeles, Calif.
FC on July 28, 1978 (cds
7/25/78 lL WAIVER OF ORAL ARGUMENT FOR 7/28/78 HEARING
lL] LES MENDELSOHN for Veronica Piedra, et al.
] LOUIS GILDEN, ESQ. for Litigation Plaintiffs
] JAMES A. DAUGHERTY for Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Tew)
WM. D. PIEDIMONTE for Donna Lee McNulty
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8/11/78 | | ORDER REMANDING CERTAIN CLAIMS —-— C-1 Veronica Piedra, et al. v.
lL] Southwestern Bell Telephone Co., et al., WiiHH HERE
] E. D. Missouri, C.,A.No. 77-1337C(A). (wa)
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OPINION AND ORDER, septerbar 187810	8 Hee Bp FlgdsFELL 8p8p 401 7
DOCKET NO. 216 —-—- JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
HD =n deed by deals 22, /77bescription of Litigation
DOCKET NO. 216 -- IN RE SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE CO. MATERNITY BENEFITS LITIGATION
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- TT Summary of Panel Action ~~ -
Date(s) of Hearing(s) 6/27/15 _ 5
Date(s) of Opinion(s) or Order(s) 9/9/75
Consolidation Ordered xxx. Name of Transferee Judge ROY W. HARPER
Consolidation Denied Transferee District E. D. MISSOURI
Intra- District Civil Date of
Office and Action Transfer| Transferee |Dismissal
Number Caption Judge Number Date Docket No. [or Remand Misc,
: A-1 Communications Workers of America |E.D. Mo. 74-315C (A) wo els 0
AFL-CIO et al. v. Southwestern Harper
Bell Telephone Co. ,
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A-2 Linda Redden, et al. v. Southwestern E.D. Mo. 74-391C(f)
Bell Telephone Co. v. Communications Regan
Workers of America AFL-CIO 0	| bo 5 A Vjo-2¢ $8
A-3 Mildred Shackelford v. Southwestern W.D. OK Civ. 74-36DE 9/9/75 75-£23C(A4 )/
Bell Telephone Co. v. Communications Eubanks
Workers of America AFL-CIO
/9/751 75 F24C 1) YAR Vo,A=4 Mary M. Hughes, et al. v. W.D.Mo. {75CV257-W-2 |
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. Collinsgn
B-1 | Donna Lee McNulty v. Southwestern |W.D. MO} 76CV816-W-1 dh 7-76 3A2%0	Bell Telephone Co., et al. Oliver ’ | } Ee
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ATTORNEY SERVICE LIST
JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
DOCKET NO, 216 == IN RE SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE
COMPANY MATERNITY BENEFITS LITIGATION
XRXZKREXKER RERKAAXRR
LINDA REDDEN, ET AL. (A-2)
A. T. Phillips, Esquire SARAH I. BISHOP
7701 Forsyth Blvd., Suite 1295 LORETTA A. WASSENBERG
Clayton, Missouri 63105 MABLE R. HARRISON
MILDRED NOAH
LINDA K. ALEXANDER
MILDRED SHACKELFORD (A-3) DEANNE M. GARVER
James A. Mitchell, Esquire LILLIE R. ENGLISH
3529 S. Shields Boulevard Louis Gilden, Esquire
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73129 Gilden & Dodson
722 Chestnut Street
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
MARY M. HUGHES, ET AL. (A-4)
C. John Forge, Jr., Esq.
Hencke & Forge LUCILE WOOTEN
Ste. 120 CONSTANCE J. PAGE
221 W Lexington BARBARA"	L'. WILSONJ VELMA FUSSELL
B Independence, Mo. 64050 I Hear . Rosgblufl, Esquire vd
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF 4685 way
_ AMERICA, AFE-CIO (A-1) oo si py
Jerome F. Raskas, Esquire HoWston, Texas 77027
Raskas, Ruthmeyer, Pomerantz
& Wynne y	: Donna Lee McNulty	'B-1)
Sixteenth Floor Syndicate Trust Bldg. onha lee F< ulty B-1. Wm. D. Piedimonte, Esq.
915 Olive St. . .
_. St owls, Ms. 63101 Piedimonte & Cochran
SOUTHWESTERN BELL TELEPHONE Cd. P.O. Box 27
Ronald T. LeMay, Esquire 317 West Kansas Avenue
100 North 12th Blvd., Rm. 630 Independence, MO. 64051
St. Louis, Missouri 63101
4 VERONICA PIEDRA, ET AL. (C-1)fe Joseph A. Rose, Jr., Esq.
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA a Les Mendelsohn, Inc.
Donald M. Fehr, Esquire 255 San Antonio Bank & Trust Bldg.
Jolley, Moran, Walsh, Hager & Gordon 711 Navarro Street
1300 Traders National Bank Bldg. .
1125 Grand Avenue San Antonio, Texas 78205
Kansas City, Missouri 64106

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Plaintiff Defendant
COMMUNICATIONS WORKERS OF AMERICA
Charles A. Werner
Schuchat, Cook & Werner
Suite 1212
705 Olive Street
Saint Louis, Missouri 63101
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