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MYERS v. JOHNS MANVILLE SALES CORP.

Nos. Civil-LV 82-417, RDF, Civil-LV 82-585, RDF, Civil-LV 83-371, HEC, Civil-LV 83-521, HEC, Civil-LV 83-623, HEC, Civil-LV 83-624, HEC, Civil-LV 83-686, HEC, Civil-LV 84-125, HEC and Civil-LV 84-168, RDF.

600 F.Supp. 977 (1984)

William MYERS and Joyce Myers, Plaintiffs, v. JOHNS MANVILLE SALES CORPORATION, Fibreboard Corporation, et al., Defendants. Lester Earl THOMPSON and Loretta Sue Thompson, Plaintiffs, v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION, et al., Defendants. Robert M. JOHNSON and Linda Johnson, Plaintiffs, v. FIBREBOARD CORPORATION (successor to Plant & Rubber Asbestos Company), et al., Defendants. Joe AZEVEDO and Karen Azevedo, Plaintiffs, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. (successor to Armstrong Cork Company), et al., Defendants. Kelton M. REEVES and Marlene Reeves, Plaintiffs, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. (successor to Armstrong Cork Company), et al., Defendants. H.K. PORTER COMPANY, INC., a corporation, Cross-Complainant, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. (successor to Armstrong Cork Company), et al., Cross-Defendants. (Two Cases) Robert Vincent AFFLERBACH and Callie Ann Afflerbach, Plaintiffs, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. (successor to Armstrong Cork Company), et al., Defendants. Richard Glen OWENS and Peggy Ann Owens, Plaintiffs, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC. (successor to Armstrong Cork Company), et al., Defendants. Joe AZEVEDO and Karen Azevedo, Plaintiffs, v. KEENE CORPORATION (successor to Baldwin-Ehret-Hill Company, BaldwinHill, Inc., Ehret Magnesia Manufacturing Company, Keene Building Products), et al., Defendants. Jack E. MALLORY and Nenia Mallory, Plaintiffs, v. ARMSTRONG WORLD INDUSTRIES, INC., (successor to Armstrong Cork Company), et al., Defendants.

United States District Court, D. Nevada.

October 24, 1984.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Russell W. Budd, Frederick M. Baron & Associates, Dallas, Tex., Richard Myers, Crockett & Myers, Las Vegas, Nev., for plaintiffs.

Richard P. Wait, Reno, Nev., for GAF Corp.

Mullally & Cederborg, Oakland, Cal., John Curtas, Las Vegas, Nev., for Keene Corp.

Allison, Brunetti, MacKenzie, Hartman, Soumbeniotis & Russell, Carson City, Nev., for Nicolet, Inc.

Thomas Kummer, Vargas & Bartlett, Las Vegas, Nev., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp.

Marvin Morganstein, Morganstein, Ladd & Jubelirer, San Francisco, Cal., Samuel Lionel, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, Nev., for Owens Illinois, Inc.

James Olson, Rawlings, Olson & Cannon, Las Vegas, Nev., for Pittsburgh Corning Corp.

Fred B. Belanger, Kenneth B. Prindle, Kevin Kallberg, Schell & Delmar, Los Angeles, Cal., Kirk Lenhard, Sully & Lenhard, Las Vegas, Nev., for H.K. Porter Co., Inc.

Monique Laxalt Urza, Walther, Key Maupin, Oats, Cox, Lee & Klaich, Reno, Nev., for Raymark Industries, Inc.

David Johnson, O'Brien & Johnson, Las Vegas, Nev., for Standard Insulation.

Neils Pearson, Las Vegas, Nev., for Acands, Inc.

David E. Campana, Morgan, Wenzel & McNicholas, Los Angeles, Cal., Pat Fitzgibbons, Fitzgibbons, Cobb & Morrell, Las Vegas, Nev., Gudmundson, Siggins & Stone, San Francisco, Cal., Evans & Standford, Samuel Lionel, Lionel, Sawyer & Collins, Las Vegas, Nev., for Armstrong World Industries.

B. Alan McKissick, Beckly, Singleton, Delanoy & Jemison, Las Vegas, Nev., for Celotex Corp.

George R. Lyles, Las Vegas, Nev., for Certainteed Corp.

Julian Sourwine, Fahrenkopf-Mortimer, Sourwine, Mousel & Sloane, Reno, Nev., for Combustion Engineering, Inc.

James Shields Beasley, Beasley & Holden, Reno, Nev., for Crown Cork and Seal Co., Inc.

Earl Ayers, Las Vegas, Nev., for Eagle-Picher Industries.

Robert A. McQuaid, Jr., Shamberger, Georgeson, McQuaid & Thompson, Chtd., Reno, Nev., for Fibreboard Corp.

James Pico, Dickerson, Miles, Pico & Mitchell, Las Vegas, Nev., for Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc.

ROGER D. FOLEY, District Judge.

ORDER-INTRODUCTION

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that an evidentiary hearing be held on JANUARY 7, 1985, 9:30 A.M. for the purpose of determining the power of this Court to exercise in personam jurisdiction over various foreign corporations which are named as defendants in the present action. The following order-memorandum sets forth the law that shall govern the legal issues raised by the various motions to dismiss for lack...

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