PFIZER INC. v. LORD

No. 71-1581.

456 F.2d 545 (1972)

PFIZER INC., et. al., Defendants-Petitioners, v. Honorable Miles W. LORD, United States District Judge, Respondent, and State of Kansas and Named Plaintiffs in Forty-Eight Other Cases, Plaintiffs-Respondents.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

February 15, 1972.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John A. Cochrane, St. Paul, Minn., for respondents.

Robert Morgan, Atty. Gen., Jean A. Benoy, Deputy Atty. Gen., and Louis W. Payne, Jr., Associate Atty., State of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C., for respondent, State of North Carolina.

Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, Los Angeles, Cal., Maun, Hazel, Green, Hayes, Simon & Aretz, St. Paul, Minn., for Pfizer Inc.

Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam & Roberts, New York City, for Bristol-Myers Co.

Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Bristol-Myers Co., Squibb Corporation and The Upjohn Co.

Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, Dorsey, Marquart, Windhorst, West & Halladay, Minneapolis, Minn., for American Cyanamid Co.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for Squibb Corporation and Olin Corporation.

Covington & Burling, Washington, D. C., for The Upjohn Co.

Before MATTHES, Chief Judge, and BRIGHT and ROSS, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

We have for consideration a petition, filed by defendants in these cases, seeking a writ of mandamus directing the Honorable Miles W. Lord, United States District Judge for the District of Minnesota, before whom these actions are pending, to vacate and rescind Discovery Order No. 71-15, filed October 1, 1971, sub nom. In re Coordinated Pretrial Proceedings In Antibiotic Antitrust Actions, 4-71 Civ. 435. Pursuant to Fed. R.App.P. 21, respondent Lord...

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