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IN RE RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC.

MDL No. 486.

588 F.Supp. 1448 (1984)

In re RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC. "Bendectin" Products Liability Litigation (No. II). Stephanie Ann JOHNSON, et al. v. RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC., et al., D. Maryland, C.A. No. 83-3814. Sekou EALY, et al. v. RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC., et al., D. District of Columbia, C.A. No. 83-3504. Donald RAYNOR, Jr., et al. v. RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC., et al., D. District of Columbia, C.A. No. 83-3506. Carita RICHARDSON, et al. v. RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC., et al., D. District of Columbia, C.A. No. 83-3505. Mitchell HESKEL v. RICHARDSON-MERRELL, INC., E.D. Pennsylvania, C.A. No. 83-5366. Tiffany N. JAMES, et al. v. MERRELL NATIONAL LABORATORIES, N.D. California, C.A. No. 83-5498-RHS.

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation.

August 1, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas H. Bleakley, Detroit, Mich., Stanley M. Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, Allen T. Eaton, Washington, D.C., George A. Kokus, Miami, Fla., James G. Butler, Los Angeles, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Frank C. Woodside, III, Vincent B. Stamp, Cincinnati, Ohio, for defendant.

Before ANDREW A. CAFFREY, Chairman, and ROBERT H. SCHNACKE, FRED DAUGHERTY, SAM C. POINTER, Jr., S. HUGH DILLIN, MILTON POLLACK, and LOUIS H. POLLAK, Judges of the Panel.

TRANSFER ORDER

PER CURIAM.

Presently before the Panel is a motion by defendant Merrell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (Merrell) for reconsideration of the Panel's April 11, 1984 decision, after briefing and oral argument, denying transfer of the six above-captioned actions. 582 F.Supp. 890. Pfizer, Inc., as an interested party, and plaintiffs in four of the above-captioned actions and in four other related actions, oppose...

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