GENERAL ELEC. CO. v. BYRNE

Nos. 79-2144 to 79-2148.

611 F.2d 670 (1979)

GENERAL ELECTRIC COMPANY, a corporation, Petitioner, v. Hon. William Matthew BYRNE, Jr., United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 31, 1979.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Michael J. Merlo and Joseph B. Lederleitner, Pretzel, Stouffe, Nolan & Rooney, Chartered, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner, General Elec. Co.

Norman J. Barry, Joseph P. Della Maria, Jr., Roger J. Guerin, Rothschild, Barry & Myers, Chicago, Ill., John J. Quinn, Ellen B. Friedman, Laurence J. Hutt, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner, McDonnell Douglas Corp.

Thomas D. Allen, Robert E. Haley, Chicago, Ill., for petitioner, American Airlines.

Peter P. Brotzen, Los Angeles, Cal., for defendant, General Dynamics Corp.

Wallace E. Maloney, Lord, Bissell & Brook, Chicago, Ill., for defendant, Rockford Aerospace Products Inc.

Robert E. Cartwright, Michael B. Moor, San Francisco, Cal., for respondents, plaintiffs Entner, Lokietz & Barich.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, SPRECHER and TONE, Circuit Judges.


PER CURIAM.

This matter comes before the court on five related petitions for writs under 28 U.S.C. § 1651.1 We have consolidated these petitions for the purpose of this opinion.

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