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IN RE LONG DISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATION LITIGATION

No. MDL 598. Civ. A. Nos. 85-73365, 85-71530, 85-72822 and 85-74279. Civ. No. 85-74104.

639 F.Supp. 305 (1986)

In re LONG DISTANCE TELECOMMUNICATION LITIGATION. Roger LEE and Lani Lee, Plaintiffs, v. WESTERN UNION TELEGRAPH COMPANY, and Western Union Corporation, Defendants. Lewis H. MARKOWITZ, Plaintiff, v. MCI TELECOMMUNICATION CORPORATION, Defendant. Marshall SANDLER, Plaintiff, v. GTE SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Defendant. Herbert C. SCHULZE, Plaintiff, v. GTE SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Defendant. CLASSIC MOTOR CARRIAGES, Plaintiff, v. GTE SPRINT COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION, Defendant.

United States District Court, E.D. Michigan, S.D.

June 2, 1986.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard Gray, Jenner & Block, Chicago, Ill., lead counsel for defendants.

Fay Clayton, Sachnoff, Weaver & Rubernstein, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., lead counsel for plaintiffs.

Henry Kantor, Delo, Kantor & Stamm, Portland, Or., for Sandler.

William Sussman, New York City, for GTE Sprint Communications Corp., in Civ. A. No. 85-72822.

Howard J. Sedran, Arnold Levin, Philadelphia, Pa., for Markowitz.

Mark Anderson, San Francisco, Cal., for Lee.

Robert Chilvers, Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison, San Francisco, Cal., for Western Union Corp.

Maureen Burke, Dickinson, Wright, Moon, Van Dusen & Freeman, Detroit, Mich., for Western Union Telegraph.

Jami Wintz McKeon, Philadelphia, Pa., for MCI Telecommunication Corp.

Daniel F. Solomon, Miami, Fla., for Classic Motor Carriages.

Gerald Ward, Miami, Fla., for GTE Sprint Communications Corp. in Civ. No. 85-74104.

John Theodore Dean, Corona, Cal., for Schulze.

Craig D. Dingwall, Burlingame, Cal., for GTE Sprint Communications Corp. in Civ. A. No. 85-74279.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

ANNA DIGGS TAYLOR, District Judge.

The five cases herein discussed constitute "tag-along" cases which have been transferred to this court subsequent to the initial assignment here of Multidistrict Litigation No. 598. Class actions have been filed against certain interstate long distance telecommunication carriers in numerous states. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation has assigned all matters involving common questions...

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