IN RE BOMB DISASTER AT ROSEVILLE, CAL., ON APRIL 28

MDL No. 207.

438 F.Supp. 769 (1977)

In re BOMB DISASTER AT ROSEVILLE, CALIFORNIA, ON APRIL 28, 1973.

United States District Court, E. D. California.

September 19, 1977.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Martin, Gerald J. Adler, Crow, Lytle & Gilwee, Sacramento, Cal., Al Levy, Goldstein, Barceloux & Goldstein, San Francisco, Cal., Andrew J. Smolich, Bertolani, Smolich & Tai, Myron Gowan, Sacramento, Cal., Paul Melee, Citrus Heights, Cal., Laurence C. Blunt, James V. Sarro, Sarro & Smith, Jack N. Martin, Martin & Lewis, Lloyd Hinkelman, Kronick, Moskovitz, Tiedemann & Girard, John E. Virga, James L. Mikacich, David A. Tallant, George M. McClarrinon, Jack C. Sevey, O'Connor, Sevey & Gessford, Richard E. Lehrfeld, Lehrfeld, Brand & Jordan, Kenneth B. Cayocca, Richard F. Mills, Thomas J. Vicari, Richard F. Mills Law Corp., Sacramento, Cal., Marvin Brown, Brookman & McCloskey, Oakland, Cal., Dale W. Mahon, John B. Heinrich, Robert A. Perry, John Saldine, Saldine & Perry, Nathaniel S. Colley, Nathaniel S. Colley, Inc., George W. Bullen, Gerald Thomas, Bullen, McKone, McKinley, Gay & Keitges, Sacramento, Cal., Ivor E. Samson, San Francisco, Cal., Philip H. Shedd, Sacramento, Cal., Jeffrey E. Karpel, Los Angeles, Cal., A. Kirk McKenzie, Ronald Mallen, Long & Levit, San Francisco, Cal., John J. Bible, Bible, Corey, Henson & Orton, San Bruno, Cal., Mort Friedman, Friedman, Collard & Kauffman, A Professional Corp., Sacramento, Cal., Robert R. Callan, Cooper, White § Cooper, San Francisco, Cal., Norwood R. Erich, Hardy, Erich & Brown, James H. Schenk, Sacramento, Cal., Julius Kahn, Dodge, Reyes, Brorby, Kahn & Driscoll, San Francisco, Cal., Raymond S. Torkelson, Sacramento, Cal., Gary Hill, Donahue, Gallagher, Thomas & Woods, Oakland, Cal., Ralph Nase, John L. Giordano, Sacramento, Cal., David R. Lane, Rich, Fuidge, Dawson, Marsh, Morris Sanbrook, Grove, Hill & Iverson, Marysville, Cal., James S. Reed, Thomas C. Westley, James E. Harrison, Brennan, Harrison & Yun, D. M. Perkovich, Jerrold B. Braunstein, Rowland & Parker, Sacramento, Cal., Lawrence F. Meyer, Vincent J. Aiken, McClean, Greenwald & Hoffman, Los Angeles, Cal., James Moushegian, Gordon & Rees, San Francisco, Cal., Clark Deichler, John H. Mount, Oakland, Cal., Dale E. Ordas, Sacramento, Cal., Ronald N. Paul, Downey, Brand, Seymour & Rohwer, Sacramento, Cal., John Spencer Stewart, Kobin & Meyer, Portland, Or., David S. Kaplan, William Weniger, Stroud & Weniger, Sacramento, Cal., Frederick L. Nelson, Hildebrand, McLeod & Nelson, Oakland, Cal., for plaintiffs.

Walter E. Gallawa, Hoffman, Mayhew & Gallawa, A Professional Corp., Sacramento, Cal., for plaintiffs and Griffin Wheen Co.

Harry S. Fenton, Michael A. Grob, Sacramento, Cal., for Dept. of Transp.

Patrick Becherer, Raoul D. Kennedy, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, Oakland, Cal., Thomas A. Phemister, Asst. Gen. Counsel, Association of American Railroads, Washington, D.C., for Association of American Railroads.

John F. Foran, Rust & Armenis, Sacramento, Cal., for Texas & Pacific Railroad Co., Missouri & Pacific Railroads.

James R. Diepenbrock, Jack V. Lovell, Diepenbrock, Wulff, Plant & Hannegan, Sacramento, Cal., for Southern Pacific.

Robert B. Miller, James Joiner, Sacramento, Cal., for Sp. Litigation Unit, Civ. Div., Dept. of Justice.

M. H. Pothoven, Gerald K. Petersen, Bolling, Pothoven, Walter & Gawthrop, Sacramento, Cal., for Abex Corp.

John Coleman, Hoffman, Mayhew & Gallawa, Sacramento, Cal., for Griffin Wheen Co.

Bruce L. Shaffer, Albert B. Norris, Memering, Stumbos, DeMers, Ford & Norris, Sacramento, Cal., for Reybestos-Manhatten Inc.

Claire H. Greve, Johnson, Greve, Clifford & Diepenbrock, Sacramento, Cal., for Johns-Manville Sales Co., Railroad Friction Products, & Westinghouse Air Brake Co.

James C. Brown, Barrett, Newlan & Matheny, Sacramento, Cal., for Pullman, Inc.

Jack L. Koblin, Detroit, Mich., for Chrysler Corporation.

J. D. Burdick, David Crawford, Carroll, Burdick & McDonough, San Francisco, Cal., for Kinney Vacuum.


OPINION

MacBRIDE, Chief Judge.

The United States has moved the court in the referenced cases to dismiss for lack of jurisdiction plaintiffs' claims which are premised on absolute liability for the miscarriage of an ultrahazardous activity and strict liability in tort. These cases are now consolidated for pretrial purposes pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1407(a) as Multidistrict Docket Litigation (MDL) Number 207.

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