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Argued February 13, 1987.
Decided April 8, 1987.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
F. Henry Habicht, II, Asst. Atty. Gen. Jacques B. Gelin, Patricia Gail Littlefield, David C. Shilton, Albert M. Ferlo, Jr., Attys., Dept. of Justice, Washington, D.C., Peter R. Steenland, Jr. (argued), Steven D. Bell, Asst. U.S. Atty., Cleveland, Ohio, Jonathan McPhee, U.S. E.P.A., Region V, Chicago, Ill., Helen Keplinger, Office of Enforcement & Compliance, Washington, D.C., for appellee.
William P. Bobulsky, Ashtabula, Ohio, for Laskin & Poplar.
Robert M. McNair, Robert M. McNair Co., LPA, Jefferson, Ohio, Michael L. Hardy, Thompson, Hine and Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, for Warren.
Thomas P. Meaney, Jr., Cleveland, Ohio, for Schlumberger.
Cornelius C. Smith, Jr., Danbury, Conn., Karen B. Newborn, Baker & Hostetler, Cleveland, Ohio, for Union Carbide.
Louis Tosi, Fuller & Henry, Toledo, Ohio, for General Motors.
Clay Mock, Arter & Hadden, Cleveland, Ohio, for Be-Kan.
Thomas Sivak, Environmental Counsel, Pittsburgh, Pa., for Koppers.
William Smith, Calfee, Halter & Griswold, Cleveland, Ohio, for Union Carbide.
Jeffrey G. Miller, Thomas Hays, Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand, Washington, D.C., for other respondents.
Michael L. Hardy, Thompson, Hine and Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, for Rockwell.
W. Mowry Connelly, Michael T. McMenamin, Marcia E. Hurt, Walter, Haverfield, Buescher & Chockly, Maureen Brennan, Environmental Counsel, Cleveland, Ohio, for TRW.
Before MERRITT and MILBURN, Circuit Judges, and PECK, Senior Circuit Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.
MILBURN, Circuit Judge.
The United States of America petitions this court to issue a writ of mandamus directing the United States District Court for the Northern District of Ohio to limit its order of reference to a special master, in the underlying action, to discovery and other procedural, nondispositive matters. The government contends that the district court abused its discretion under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure...
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