IN RE: General Motors Corp. Engine Interchange Litigation

Case MDL No. 308 Document 2 Filed 05/04/13 Pade 3| MULTI Thre
CUREDCoe DOCKET NO. 308 RE :
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT Lrricariar	lil i377
PATRICIA B. HOWARD oo
IN RE GENERAL MOTORS ENGINE INTERCHANGE LITIGATION CLERK GF THE PAREL
TRANSFER ORDER | a
| 7 [77 :	The Panel ruled from the bench at the hearing on :
this matter that the actions in this litigation raise common
questions of fact and that their transfer to the Northern
District of Illinois under 28 U.S.C. §1407 will best serve : oo
the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote the : x
just and efficient conduct of the litigation, Co
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that,pursuant to Section 1407, : RE
the actions listed on the attached Schedule A and pending
in districts other than the Northern District of Illinois be,
and the same hereby are, transferred to the Northern District :
of Illinois and, with the consent of that court, assigned to
the Honorable Frank J. McGarr for coordinated or consolidated
pretrial proceedings with the actions already pending there and SEI Co
listed on Schedule A. a oo
FOR THE PANEL: oo
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2d Gh, 4h dngn MJ SET
John Minor Wisdom
Chairman

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® DOCKET NO. 308
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS Civil Action No.
William J. Scott, et. al. v. General 77-C=-927
Motors Corporation, et. al.
Betty J. Oswald, et. al. v. General 77-C~1006
Motors Corporation
Phil and Eileen Miller, et. al. v. 77-C~1436
General Motors Corporation
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ALABAMA
Lula B. Creel and Guy W. Creel, et. al. CA-T77-P-440-8
V. General Motors Corporation
Patrick J. Natter, et. al. v. General CA~-77-P-0659-5
Motors Corporation
WESTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
Michael J. Balog, et. al. v. General 77-443
® Motors CorporationEASTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
John C. Hannan and Mary N. Hannan, et. al. 77-C~-265
V. General Motors Corporation
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
D. D. King v. General Motors M~77-24-CA
Corporation
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
David Levine, et. al. v. General 77-C-849
Motors Corporation
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF MISSISSIPPI
William C. Parker, et. al. v. General S-77-0174- (N)
Motors Corporation

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: DOCKET NO. 308 I= T= =
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATED? 1371 EE
In re General Motors Corporation Engine Interchange> Titigationl] = a	© CLERA	GF FRc PALS ;
State of Alabama, etc. v. General Motors Corb. pr 717N.D. Alabama, Civil Action No. 77-pP-0881~5 8 H
James B. Blackman, et al. v. General Motors Corp., : ofD. South Carolina, Civil Action No. 77-1191
TRANSFER ORDER oo : Le
All parties to the first above-captioned action (State
of Alabama) have stipulated to the transfer of that action :from the Northern District of Alabama to the Northern ‘
District of Illinois pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407 for in-
clusion in the coordinated or consolidated pretrial pro-
ceedings previously ordered in this litigation and pending
in that district before the Honorable Frank J. McGarr. :
All parties to the second above-captioned action (Blackman) Le aeither agree on the desirability of or do not oppose transfer* So Co
of that action from the District of South Carolina to the . .
Northern District of Illinois pursuant to Section 1407 for oo
inclusion in those coordinated or consolidated pretrial pro- :ceedings. . :
Upon consideration of the complaints and the papers : :
filed, the Panel finds that the above-captioned actions raise
common questions of fact with the previously transferred :
actions and that transfer will serve the convenience of the Coparties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient con-
duct of this litigation. Sn
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407,
the above-captioned actions be, and the same hereby are, trans-—
ferred to the Northern District of Illinois and, with the
consent of that court, "assigned to the Honorable Frank J. } :
McGarr for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings
with the actions previously transferred to that district. :
FOR THE PANEL: Co
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=> Porm, Wisden-— TT . .
John Minor Wisdom Te
Chairman
"+ *No responses to the motion of General Motors Corporation for - atransfer of Blackman to the Northern District of Illinois for
inclusion in MDL-308 were submitted for filing, and thus all
parties are deemed to have acquiesced to transfer of that
action under Section 1407. See Rule 7, R.P.J.P.M.L., 65
F.R.D. 253, 258 (1975).