IN RE CORN DERIVATIVES ANTITRUST LITIGATION

No. 83-5729.

748 F.2d 157 (1984)

In re CORN DERIVATIVES ANTITRUST LITIGATION (MDL 414). Appeal of JOHN E. KOERNER & CO., INC., Imperial Products Corporation, and Pan-O-Gold, Inc.

United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.

Decided November 15, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Louis R. Koerner, Jr. (argued), Law Offices of Louis R. Koerner, Jr., New Orleans, La., for John E. Koerner & Co., and Imperial Products Corp.

John A. Cochrane (argued), Cochrane & Bresnahan, St. Paul, Minn., for Pan-O-Gold Baking Co., Inc.

Clive S. Cummis (argued), Charles J. Walsh, Sills, Beck, Cummis, Zuckerman, Radin & Tischman, P.A., Newark, N.J., for Food Foundation, Inc.

Arnold Levin, Levin & Fishbein, Philadelphia, Pa., for Kelco Industries.

David Berger, Berger & Montague, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Golden Quality Ice Cream Co.

Douglas V. Rigler, Foley & Lardner, Washington, D.C., for G. Heileman Brewing Co., Inc.

Joel C. Meredith, Bruce K. Cohen, Steven J. Greenfogel, Meredith & Cohen, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Eastern Candy Co., Inc.

Harold E. Kohn, Dianne M. Nast, Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Bodines, Inc., and Cumberland Farms Dairy, Inc.

Morton M. Maneker, Proskauer, Rose, Goetz & Mendelsohn, New York City, for A.E. Staley Mfg. Co.

Michael H. King, Ross & Hardies, Chicago, Ill., for Consolidated Packaging Corp.

Warren Rubin, Gross & Sklar, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., for Marstan Industries, Inc.

Stanley D. Robinson, Kaye, Scholer, Fierman, Hays & Handler, New York City, for Nabisco, Inc.

Guido Saveri, Saveri & Saveri, San Francisco, Cal., for Kalva Corp. & Virnelson Bakery, Inc.

William M. Dallas, Jr., Sullivan & Cromwell, New York City, for Amstar Corp.

John P. Ryan, Jr., Robert C. Schnitz, McBride & Baker, Chicago, Ill., for Grain Processing Corp.

Robert A. Skirnick, Wolf, Popper, Ross, Wolf & Jones, New York City, for Eastern Candy Co., Korbro Oil, and Plantation Confection Co., Inc.

Barbara A. Mentz, Hall, McNicol, Hamilton & Clark, New York City, for American Maize-Products Co.

Keith E. Pugh, Jr., Edward P. Henneberry, Howry & Simon, Washington, D.C., for Hubinger Co.

Terrence C. Sheehy, Peter E. Moll, Howry & Simon, Washington, D.C., for Anheuser-Busch, Inc.

Joseph Barbash, Michael E. Wiles, Debevoise & Plimpton, New York City, for National Starch & Chemical Corp.

John L. McGoldrick, McCarter & English, Newark, N.J., for Tropical Preserving Co., Inc.

Jeremiah F. Hallisey, O'Brien & Hallisey, P.C., San Francisco, Cal., for Sanitary Bakery.

Perry Goldberg, Specks & Goldberg, Ltd., Chicago, Ill., for Superior Beverage Co.

James R. Irwin, Steven W. Berman, Shidler, McBroom & Gates, Seattle, Wash., for Penick & Ford Ltd.

Sheldon O. Collen, Friedman & Koven, Chicago, Ill., for Federal Bake Shops, Inc.

William A. Garrigle, Garrigle, Chierici & Palm, Cherry Hill, N.J., for Bodines, Inc. & Cumberland Farms Dairy, Inc.

Richard D. Catenacci, Connell, Foley & Geiser, Newark, N.J., liason counsel, for appellees.

Lawrence A. Whipple, Jr., Whipple, Ross & Hirsh, Newark, N.J., for White Oak Ice Cream, Inc. & Oak Point Dairies of New Jersey.

Eugene M. Warlich, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, P.A., St. Paul, Minn., for Land O'Lakes, Inc.

Paul J. Linker, Robinson, Wayne, Levin, Riccio & LaSala, Newark, N.J., for United A.G. Cooperative, Inc.

Burton H. Brody, Standard Brands Inc., New York City, for Standard Brands Inc.

Norman R. Carpenter, Faegre & Benson, Minneapolis, Minn., for Archer Daniels Midland Co.

Robert H. Weir, Robert H. Weir, A.P.C., San Jose, Cal., for Keystone Co.

Mario N. Alioto, Alioto & Alioto, San Francisco, Cal., for Falstaff Brewing Corp.

Jack L. Block, Sachnoff, Weaver & Rubenstein, Chicago, Ill., for Health Care Industries.

Seymour Kurland, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., for Finkelstein Farms, Inc.

Allen S. Joslyn, Denis McInerney, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for CPC Intern., Inc.

Albert G. Besser, Hannoch, Weisman, Stern, Berkowitz & Kinney, Newark, N.J., for Grain Processing Corp.

Before SEITZ and ADAMS, Circuit Judges, and LATCHUM, Senior District Judge.


OPINION OF THE COURT

SEITZ, Circuit Judge.

I.

A group of attorneys representing certain members of the plaintiff class,1 who are consumers of corn derivative products, move for the disqualification of Cochrane & Bresnahan as attorneys for the appellant Pan-O-Gold Baking Company. This motion was made during the pendency of this appeal challenging a order of the district court approving the settlement of the class...

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