IN RE FLIGHT TRANSP. CORP. SECURITIES LITIGATION

Nos. 85-1057, 85-5023.

764 F.2d 515 (1985)

In re FLIGHT TRANSPORTATION CORPORATION SECURITIES LITIGATION. Petition of FOX & CO. and Opperman & Paquin. Petition of NORWEST BANK MINNEAPOLIS, N.A., and Norwest Bank Calhoun-Isles, N.A.

United States Court of Appeals, Eighth Circuit.

Decided June 12, 1985.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daryle L. Uphoff of Minneapolis, Minn., for Fox and Co.

Duane Krohnke of Minneapolis, Minn., for Norwest Banks.

Lowell Sachnoff of Chicago, Ill., for the claimants.

Robert Mills of Washington, D.C., for the S.E.C.

Before BRIGHT, Circuit Judge, HENLEY, Senior Circuit Judge, and ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.


ARNOLD, Circuit Judge.

Petitioners ask this Court to grant a writ of mandamus or prohibition directing the District Court1 to vacate its order transferring these consolidated actions from the District of Minnesota to the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.2 We hold that the District Court exceeded its power in ordering transfer "only for the purposes of trial" and therefore...

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