IN RE BENDECTIN PRODUCTS LIABILITY LITIGATION

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Irving R.M. Panzer (argued), Washington, D.C., Barry J. Nace, Bethesda, Md., for appellant.

Stanley M. Chesley, Cincinnati, Ohio, for respondent.

Frank C. Woodside, III (argued) (Merrell-Dow), Dinsmore & Shohl, Cincinnati, Ohio, for appellee.

James G. Butler (Class), Raymond L. Henke, Butler, Jefferson, Dan & Allis, Los Angeles, Cal., for petitioner.

James G. Butler (Marco Cordova), Butler, Jefferson, Dan & Allis, Los Angeles, Cal., Richard H. Middleton, Jr., N. Calhoun Anderson, Jr., Middleton & Anderson P.C., Savannah, Ga., Gene E. Smith, Sherman Oaks, Cal., Leonard W. Schroeter, Schroeter, Goldmark & Bender, Seattle, Wash., Thomas H. Bleakley, Robert A. Tyler, Detroit, Mich., George S. Alfieris, Sherman Oaks, Cal., Stephen B. Murray, New Orleans, La., Barry Regar, Barry Regar, A Professional Law Corp., Palm Springs, Cal., Richard Warren Mithoff, Tommy Jacks, Doggett & Jacks, Houston, Tex., Elaine Mittleman, Falls Church, Va., Mari C. Bush, Boulder, Colo., Marceline Lasater, Gibbins, Burrow & Bratton, Austin, Tex., W. Russell Van Camp, Van Camp, Bennion & Kelleher, Spokane, Wash., Don L. Dees, Tulsa, Okl., Gary O. Galiher, Stanford H. Masui, L. Richard DeRobertis, Honolulu, Hawaii, John M. Anton, Rodney A. Klein, Inc., A Professional Corporation, Sacramento, Cal., for parties in support of petition for writ of mandamus.

Arthur H. Bryant, Trial Lawyers for Public Justice, P.C., Washington, D.C., Herbert B. Newberg, Herbert B. Newberg, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for amicus curiae Trial Lawyers for Public Justice.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and JOHNSTONE, District Judge.