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IN RE GENERAL MOTORS CORP. ENGINE INTERCHANGE LIT.

No. 78-2036.

594 F.2d 1106 (1979)

In re GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION ENGINE INTERCHANGE LITIGATION. Appeal of Betty OSWALD, on her own behalf and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, and Phil Miller and Eileen Miller, on their behalf and on behalf of all other persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. GENERAL MOTORS CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided February 26, 1979.

Rehearing and Rehearing Denied May 4, 1979.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William J. Harte, Chicago, Ill., of counsel, for plaintiffs-objectors Betty Oswald, Eileen Miller and Phil Miller.

Lawrence Walner, Chicago, Ill., for plaintiffs-appellants.

William J. Scott, Atty. Gen. of Illinois, Springfield, Ill., for plaintiff-appellee State of Illinois; Donald G. Mulack, Chicago, Ill., of counsel.

Charles E. Clark, Birmingham, Ala., for plaintiffs-appellees.

Thomas A. Gottschalk, Kirkland & Ellis, Chicago, Ill., for defendant-appellee.

Before FAIRCHILD, Chief Judge, and BAUER and WOOD, Circuit Judges.

Rehearing and Rehearing En Banc Denied May 4, 1979.

HARLINGTON WOOD, Jr., Circuit Judge.

In 1976 the defendant, General Motors (GM), began substituting engines produced by its Chevrolet Division in many of the 1977 model year cars produced by its Oldsmobile Division. The discovery of the engine switch culminated in the commencement of a plethora of lawsuits against GM in the state and federal courts. The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transferred...

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