FMC CORP. v. GLOUSTER ENGINEERING CO.

Nos. 87-8037, 87-8038.

830 F.2d 770 (1987)

FMC CORPORATION, Plaintiff-Respondent, v. GLOUSTER ENGINEERING CO., et al., Defendants, and M. Lehmacher & Sohn GmbH Maschinenfabrik (Lemo), Reifenhauser GmbH & Co. Maschinenfabrik, and Stiegler GmbH Maschinenfabrik, Defendants-Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided October 1, 1987.

Rehearings and Rehearings Denied November 19, 1987.

As Amended December 21, 1987.


Rehearings and Rehearings En Banc Denied November 19, 1987.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

Three defendants in a suit pending in the federal district court in Massachusetts have asked us (in two applications) for permission under 28 U.S.C. § 1292(b) to appeal from the district court's order refusing to dismiss the complaint as to them. The request raises a question of first impression: whether, when the panel on multidistrict litigation transfers a case for consolidated...

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