IN RE: Ocean Shipping Civil Investigative Demands Litigation

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IN RE OCEAN SHIPPING CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMANDS LITIGATION
ORDER DENYING TRANSFER .
Presently before the Panel is a motion, pursuant to ce co
28 U.S.C. §1407, brought by plaintiffs in one of the two IE LES EU
actions pending in the District of the District of Columbia EET
and listed on the attached Schedule A, for transfer of the : CL
actions pending in the Southern District of New York and REEthe Northern District of California to the District of the : a
District of Columbia for coordinated or consolidated pretrial
proceedings with the actions pending there. :
On the basis of the papers filed and the hearing held, :
the Panel finds that movants have failed to demonstrate oo .
1) that these actions involve any substantial common questions oo
of fact and 2) that transfer of these actions to a single oo
district pursuant to Section 1407 would necessarily serve B
the convenience of the parties and witnesses and promote CL
the just and efficient conduct of the actions. :
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the motion for transfer
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407 be, and the same hereby is,
DENIED. SN
a PANEL:Letlree Co 2,Andrew A. Caffrey i EEChairman oC

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® Schedule Aa
MDL-442 ~— In Re Ocean Shipping Civil Investigative Demands Litigation ]
Southern District of New York -
Associated Container Transportation (Australia) Ltd. v. United States
of America, et al., C.A. No. 80 Civ 4291 CLB i.
} Farrell Lines Inc. v. United States of America, et al.,
C.A. No. 80 Civ 4307 CLB :
Harburg-Sudamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts-Cesellschaft, d/b/a Columbus
Line v. United States of America, et al., C.A. No. 80 Civ 4326 CLB
"Northern District of California :
Pacific/Australia-New Zealand Conference v. United States of America,
"et al., C.A. No. C80-3106-WNS :
Bakke Steamship Corp. v. United States of America, et al.,
C.A. No. C80-3105-RHS EE
General Steamship Corporation v. United States of America,
et al., C. A. No, C80-3382~SAW
District of the District of Columbia
Australia/Eastern U.S.A. Shipping Conference, et al. v. United States
of America, et al., C.A. No. 80-1830
Brostrom Shipping Co., Inc. v. United States of America, et al.,
C.A. No. 80-2050