SAMINSKY v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP.

No. 73 Civ. 5530.

373 F.Supp. 257 (1974)

Beatrice SAMINSKY, as Executrix of the Estate of Hyman L. Saminsky, Plaintiff, v. OCCIDENTAL PETROLEUM CORP. and Armand Hammer, Defendants (And Twelve Other Actions).

United States District Court, S. D. New York.

April 8, 1974.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Pomerantz, Levy, Haudek & Block, New York City, for plaintiff Saminsky, by Richard M. Meyer, New York City.

Weinstein & Levinson, New York City, for plaintiff Mintz, by Samuel Weinstein, New York City.

Ira Jay Sands, New York City, for plaintiff Lickstein.

Kaplan, Kilsheimer, & Foley, New York City, for plaintiff Frankel, by Robert N. Kaplan, New York City.

Demov, Morris, Levin & Shein, New York City, for plaintiff Feldman, by Irving Bizar, New York City.

Gainsburg Gottlieb Levitan & Cole, New York City, for plaintiff Messenger, by Samuel Gottlieb, New York City.

Kreindler & Kreindler, New York City, for plaintiff Blumberg, by Paul M. Bernstein, New York City.

DiFalco, Field & O'Rourke, New York City, for Estate of Harry Lickstein, deceased, by Barton P. Blumberg, New York City.

Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York City, for defendants Occidental and Hammer, by Sheldon Raab and Alan J. Russo, New York City.

Brown, Wood, Fuller, Caldwell & Ivey, New York City, for defendant A.G. Becker & Co.

Cravath, Swaine & Moore, New York City, for underwriting firms other than Becker, by Ralph McAfee, New York City.

Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for defendant Arthur Andersen & Co., by Jack P. Levin, New York City.


ROBERT J. WARD, District Judge.

Certain defendants move to consolidate the above numbered cases for purposes of a motion to transfer and to transfer these cases, pursuant to 28 U. S.C. § 1404(a), to the Central District of California. The remaining defendants join in the motions. For the reasons hereinafter stated, the motions are granted.

The cases at bar are purported class and derivative actions based on the federal securities laws. The gravamen of...

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