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PFIZER INC. v. LORD

No. 71-1580.

456 F.2d 532 (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

Richard W. McLaren, Asst. Atty. Gen., and Gregory B. Hovendon, Paul A. Owens, Harry First, Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., for the United States.

John A. Cochrane, St. Paul, Minn., Thomas J. Greenan, Seattle, Wash., Roger A. Johnson, Charles Quaintance, Jr., and Floyd E. Boline, Minneapolis, Minn., for respondents.

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

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

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

PER CURIAM.

Petitioners, Pfizer Inc., American Cyanamid Company, Bristol-Myers Company, Squibb Corporation, and The Upjohn Company, manufacturers of drugs, bring this action, seeking a writ of mandamus pursuant to the All Writs Statute, 28 U.S.C. § 1651, and F.R.A.P. Rule 21 directing the Hon. Miles W. Lord, District Judge for the District of Minnesota, to recuse himself from presiding over the above entitled cases. Before instituting this action, petitioners...

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