STATE OF UTAH v. AMERICAN PIPE AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY

Civ. No. 69-1964.

316 F.Supp. 837 (1970)

STATE OF UTAH, Plaintiff, v. AMERICAN PIPE AND CONSTRUCTION COMPANY, United Concrete Pipe Corporation, Utah Concrete Pipe Company, W. R. White Company, United States Steel Corporation, Kaiser Steel Corporation, Smith-Scott, Inc., U. S. Industries, Inc., Defendants.

United States District Court, C. D. California.

June 19, 1970.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Vernon B. Romney, Atty. Gen., State of Utah, Mulliner, Prince & Mangum, Gerald R. Miller, Denis R. Morrill, Neslen & Mock, Salt Lake City, Utah, for plaintiffs.

George W. Jansen, Sullivan, Jones & Mitchell, James O. Sullivan, Wayne M. Pitluck, San Diego, Cal., Rawlings, Roberts & Black, Salt Lake City, Utah, for American Pipe and Construction Co.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Robert E. Cooper, Los Angeles, Cal., Fabian & Clendenin, Peter W. Billings, Salt Lake City, Utah, for United Concrete Pipe Corp. and Smith-Scott, Inc.

VanCott, Bagley, Cornwall & McCarthy, Haldor T. Benson, Salt Lake City, Utah, O'Melveny & Myers, Thomas J. Ready, Los Angeles, Cal., for Utah Concrete Pipe Co.

Ryley, Carlock & Ralston, Read Carlock, Phoenix, Ariz., Olmstead, Stine & Campbell, Richard W. Campbell, Ogden, Utah, for W. R. White Co.

Dominic B. King, Law Depart. United States Steel Corp., Pittsburgh, Pa., Musick, Peeler & Garrett, Jesse R. O'Malley, Lawrence E. Stickney, Los Angeles, Cal., Parsons, Behle, Evans & Latimer, Calvin A. Behle, Salt Lake City, Utah, for U. S. Steel Corp.

Thelen, Marrin, Johnson & Bridges, Gordon Johnson, San Francisco, Cal., Clyde, Mecham & Pratt, Edward W. Clyde, Salt Lake City, Utah, for Kaiser Steel Corp.

Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker, Oliver F. Green, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal., Moyle & Moyle, Hardin A. Whitney, Jr., Salt Lake City, Utah, for U. S. Industries.


DECISION

PENCE, Chief Judge.

Quo Vadis?

After this court on December 17, 1969, 49 F.R.D. 17, ordered that this action not be maintained as a class action, some 60 governmental entities in the State of Utah moved, pursuant to Rule 24(a) (2) or in the alternative Rule 24(b) (2), F. R.Civ.P., to intervene as plaintiffs herein. As the history of this litigation indicates, the spectre of the bar of the staute of limitations has haunted the plaintiffs...

Let's get started

Leagle.com

Welcome to the leading source of independent legal reporting
Sign on now to see your case.
Or view more than 10 million decisions and orders.

  • Updated daily.
  • Uncompromising quality.
  • Complete, Accurate, Current.

Listed below are the cases that are cited in this Featured Case. Click the citation to see the full text of the cited case. Citations are also linked in the body of the Featured Case.

Cited Cases

  • No Cases Found

Listed below are those cases in which this Featured Case is cited. Click on the case name to see the full text of the citing case.

Citing Cases