UNION LIGHT, HEAT & POWER CO. v. U. S. DIST. CT.

Nos. 78-3442, 78-3444 and 78-3447.

588 F.2d 543 (1978)

The UNION LIGHT, HEAT AND POWER COMPANY, Petitioner, v. U. S. DISTRICT COURT, Respondent. 4-R CORPORATION, Richard J. Schilling, Ronald Schilling, Richard J. Schilling, Jr. and Raymond Scott Schilling, Petitioners, v. U. S. DISTRICT COURT, Respondent. STERLING LIGHTING, Division of Scovill Manufacturing Co., Inc., Petitioner, v. U. S. DISTRICT COURT, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Argued October 31, 1978.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

C. R. Beirne, Beirne & Wirthlin, Michael A. Fulton, Cincinnati, Ohio, James R. Poston, The Cincinnati Gas & Elec. Co., Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioner in No. 78-3442.

Ralph F. Mitchell, Rendigs, Fry, Kiely & Dennis, Cincinnati, Ohio, for petitioners in No. 78-3444.

Jack E. Ruck, Barnett & Alagia, Louisville, Ky., for petitioner.

Lawrence A. Kane, Jr., Dinsmore, Shohl, Coates & Deupree, Cincinnati, Ohio, for respondent.

Before EDWARDS, ENGEL and MERRITT, Circuit Judges.


MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Several defendants seek a writ of mandamus in this case which arises from the Beverly Hills Supper Club fire on May 28, 1977, in Northern Kentucky. Some 250 people died or were injured in the fire. They have filed suit against a large number of defendants. Most of the plaintiffs who do not reside in Kentucky have filed diversity actions in the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky...

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