IN RE: Invoil Securities Litigation

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JEOIIAL FAKLL OK
. RATEIETRICT UTISATICK
C FILEDDOCKET NO. 585 APR 16 B88
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION Sirius Sub sii?	y 1. Fook
IN RE INVOIL SECURITIES LITIGATION
TRANSFER ORDER
This litigation presenyly consists of sixteen actions pending insix districts as follows:=
Western District of Oklahoma 9 actions
Middle District of Florida 3 actions
Southern District of Alabama 1 action
Southern District of Indiana 1 action
District of Kansas 1 action
Western District of Texas 1 action
Before the Panel is a motion by three related defendants to centralize
all actions in the Western District of Oklahoma for coordinated or
consolidated pretrial proceedings under 28 U.S.C. §1407.
On the basis of the papers filed and the hearing held, the Panel
- finds that transfer of all actions but the Kansas action to the
C Western District of Oklahoma will best serve the convenience of the	parties and witnesses and promote the just and efficient conduct of
= the litigation. The actions to be centralized share numerous factual
questions relating to the promotion, financing and sale of limited
partnership interests in oil and gas drilling partnerships of which
: Invoil, Inc., (Invoil) was the general partner. Centralization
of these actions 1s therefore necessary in order to avoid duplication
of discovery, prevent inconsistent pretrial rulings, and conserve the
resources of the parties, their counsel and the judiciary. The Kansas
action, however, is brought by purchasers of interests in an Invoil
program that 1s not involved in any other action pending outside the
Western District of Oklahoma or in any of the Oklahoma actions (which
have been consolidated for pretrial purposes pursuant to local court
rule). Movants have failed to demonstrate the existence of sufficlent
common questions of fact and remaining common discovery that would
warrant centralization of the Kansas action with the other actions in
this docket.
1/ An additional action, Richard H. Edwards v. Prudential-Bache
Energy Corp., et al., E.D. Missouri, C.A. No. 83-2376C, was included
on the schedule of actions accompanying the motion now before the
Panel. That action has since been dismissed and, accordingly, the
question of transfer with respect to that actlon 1s moot.

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We are persuaded that the Western District of Oklahoma is the
appropriate transferee forum for this litigation. We note that 1)
nine of the sixteen actions are already pending there; 2) the vast
majority of plaintiffs are already parties to actions there; 3) most
of the defendants have their residence or principal place of business
in Oklahoma, or are already parties to actions pending there; and 4)
the Invoil officers and employees likely to be called as Witnesses, as
well as relevant records, are located in or near Oklahoma City, where	Invoil had its offices.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that transfer pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407 -
of the action listed on the attached Schedule A and pending in the
District of Kansas be, and the same hereby is, DENIED.
IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407, the
remaining actions listed on the attached Schedule A and pending
outside the Western District of Oklahoma be, and the same hereby are,
transferred to to the Western District of Oklahoma and, with the
consent of that court, assigned to the Honorable Ralph G. Thompson for
-. coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings with the actions
‘pending in that district and listed on Schedule A. C. FOR THE PANEL: tn
Qc
Andrew A. Caffrey
~ Chairman

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SCHEDULE A
MDL-585 -- In re Invoil Securities Litigation
) Southern District of Alabama
Julien E. Marx, et al. v. Bache Halsey Stuart Shields, Inc.,
et al., C.A. No. 3-01 Cc
Middle District of Florida
John C. Redmond v. Saehe, Lalsed, Stuart and Shields, Inc.,	et al., C.A. Qe - - RL~-C -11
David L. Hinshaw v. Bache, Halsey, Stuart and Shields, Inc.,
Richard E. Whiteside v. Bache, Halse Stuart and Shields
Inc., et al., C.A. No. B3-258-0ORL-CIV-11
Southern District of Indiana
Daniel L. Anderson v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.
C District of Kansas
Hugh David Bradbury, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities,	nc., et al., <A. O. -1
Western District of Texas
Carroll D. Farmer, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Ener Corp.
et al., C.A. No. 183-CA-LLT
Western District of Oklahoma
Herman Geller, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.
et al., C.A. No. 83-1726T
Daniel Pickrell, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities,
Inc., et al., C.A. No. 3-17277T
Herman Geller, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.
et al., C.A. No. 83-1728T
Dorothy Ploeger, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities
Inc., et al., C.A. No. 83-1731T
Herman Geller, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.
et al., C.A. No. 83-17 32T
Jerry Sherwood, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.,
et al., C.A. No. 3-229 T
Jerry Sherwood, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.,
C et al., C.A. No. 3- 57

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Western District of Oklahoma (Continued)
Jerry Sherwood, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.,
et al., C.A. No. 3-2 9 T
Jerry Sherwood, et al. v. Prudential-Bache Securities, Inc.,
et al., C.A. No. 83-2797T

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JUDICIAL PANEL ON
MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION
FILED ce '
DOCKET NO. 585 .
® N27 1988D. HOWARD
BEFORE THE JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT rrr FAIRER THE PANEL
IN RE INVOIL SECURITIES LITIGATION
ORDER REASSIGNING LITIGATION
Inasmuch as the actions in the above litigation have been
reassigned to the Honorable Luther B. Eubanks, in accordance
with the Local Rules for the United States District Court for
the Western District of Oklahoma, ’
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the above-captioned litigation
be, and the same hereby is, reassigned to the Honorable Luther
B. Eubanks for the remainder of the coordinated or consolidated
pretrial proceedings pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §1407.
FOR THE PANEL:
Andrew A. Caffrey
Chairman