IN RE MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG SALES LITIGATION

MDL No. 685, Nos. 85-5094, 85-5951, 86-2808 and 85-1387-E.

680 F.Supp. 182 (1987)

In re MONTGOMERY WARD CATALOG SALES LITIGATION. This Document Relates To: Balsinger, Pena, Logue and Jeffries.

United States District Court, E.D. Pennsylvania.

October 26, 1987.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold E. Kohn, Dianne M. Nast, Joseph C. Kohn, Philadelphia, Pa., for Harold Balsinger, Mary Ann Balsinger, David F. Smith, Jr., Mary K. Smith, Michael Masone and Louise Masone, Joseph A. Pena, Janie C. Pena, Wilburdean Harley and Nancy L. Harley.

Lawrence M. Reifurgh, San Rafael, Cal., for David K. Pitcher, et al.

Michael S. Holland, Russell, Kan., for Al and Cynthia Weismaster.

Agnes Rora, Madison, Wis., for Lester and Rose Osenga.

Craig Shultz, Shultz & Webb, Chtd., Wichita, Kan., for Don L. Mangels, Isabel Mangels, Robert A. Hayes and Karen Hayes.

Keith C. Zagar, Dubail, Judge, Kilker, O'Leary & Smith, St. Louis, Mo., for Ronald McGrath and Mary McGrath.

Stephen P. Beale, Skelton, Taintor & Abbott, Laurie A. Gibson, Auburn, Me., for Edward and Dorothea Doiron.

John Griffin, Jr., Victoria, Tex., for Gene Donnell and Donna Donnell.

Patrick Zummo, Baker & Botts, Houston, Tex., for Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc. and C.B. Kirk.

Ron L. Yandell, Wichita Falls, Tex., for Bill and Ann George.

Harold E. Kohn (lead counsel), Kohn, Savett, Marion & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., David M. Powell, Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, Ark., Jose E. Gonzalez, Donovan Leisure Newton & Irvine, New York City, John W. Clarke, Harris Beach Wilcox Rubin & Levey, Rochester, N.Y., Michael H. Auen, David J. Harth, Foley & Lardner, Madison, Wis., Steven S. Goldenberg, Saiber, Schlesinger, Satz & Goldstein, Newark, N.J., Richard de Saint Phalle, Crosby, Heafey, Roach & May, P.C., Oakland, Cal., John A. Gale, Girard, Gale & Stack, North Platte, Neb., Earl E. Pollock, Kenneth H. Hoch, Robert B. Millner, Katherine B. Devoid, Chicago, Ill., Seymour Kurland, Burt M. Rublin, Wolf, Block, Schorr & Solis-Cohen, Philadelphia, Pa., F. Joe Falk, Walters Whitaker Finney & Falk, Yakima, Wash., Paul C. Duncan, Derryberry Duncan Gray & Quigley, Oklahoma City, Okl., Kenneth H. Hoch, Sonnenschein, Carlin, Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., Lino Marsillo, Mossoula, Mont., Sue K. McDonnell, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, Los Angeles, Cal., James W. Collier, Detroit, Mich., Glenn C. Equi, Philadelphia, Pa., Allen R. Slater, J. Michael Haskin, Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Rowlands, Schmitt & Gorman, Olathe, Kan., Edward M. Dolson, Truman K. Eldridge, Jr., Louis A. Huber, III, Dietrich, Davis, Dicus, Rowlands, Schmitt & Gorman, Kansas City, Mo., James M. Armstrong, Foulston, Siefkin, Powers & Eberhardt, Wichita, Kan., Wallace E. Harrell, Brunswick, Ga., Michael P. Berman, Phoenix, Ariz., Dirk V. Block, Kearney, Neb., John A. Gale, North Platte, Neb., David L. Belt, Jacobs Grudberg Belt & Dow, P.C., New Haven, Conn., Richard W. Butler, Eugene, Or., Michael T. DePinto, Long & Jaudon, Denver, Colo., Hiscock & Barclay, Syracuse, N.Y., James L. Gorsuch, Crenshaw, Dupree & Milam, Lubbock, Tex., Alan I. Silver, Doherty, Rumble & Butler, St. Paul, Minn., John M.R. Paterson, Andrew J. Bernstein, Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, Portland, Me., Larry D. Carlson, Baker & Botts, Dallas, Tex., Michael Paul Graham, John Breihan, Baker & Botts, Austin, Tex., for Montgomery Ward & Co., Inc.

Kenneth E. Newman, Donovan, Leisure, Newton & Irvine, New York City, Mousaw, Vigdor, Reeves, Heilbronner & Kroll, Rochester, N.Y., Robinson, Wayne, Levin, Riccio & LaSalla, Newark, N.J., W. Merritt Jones, Jr., Hill, Lewis, Adams, Goodrich & Tait, Detroit, Mich., Edward Mengel, Philadelphia, Pa., Albert Fendig, Jr., Brunswick, Ga., Dewey, Ballantine, Bushby, Palmer & Wood, Clarence J. McGowan, Sanford M. Litvack, New York City, Allan Van Fleet, Vinson & Elkins, Houston, Tex., R. Steven Haught, Daugherty, Bradford, Fowler & Moss, Oklahoma City, Okl., for Mobil Corp.

Steve Davis, Meadows & Davis, Harrison, Ark., for Dale and Linda Norton.

Leon Katzen, Lacy Katzen Ryen Mittleman, Rochester, N.Y., Kenneth Hoch, Sonnenschein Carlin Nath & Rosenthal, Chicago, Ill., for Donald E. Jeffries, et al.

Warren S. Robins, Cummins, Dunn & Pashman, Hackensack, N.J., for Robert F. Quaranta, et al.

Grayson S. Taketa, San Jose, Cal., Robert L. Mezzetti, Philadelphia, Pa., for Frank E. Alvernaz, Sr. and Anne E. Alvernaz.

Kelley Scritsmier Moore & Byrne, P.C., North Platte, Neb., for Sherri Fuss.

Roderick P. Martinelli, Lawrence M. Reifurth, Bagshaw, Martinelli, Corrigan & Jordan, San Rafael, Cal., for David K. and Carolyn Pitcher.

Harry E. Ries, Ries & Kenison, Moses Lake, Wash., for Norbert A. Schwahn, et al.

Terry W. West, Shawnee, Okl., M. Frank Powell, Austin, Tex., for Jack Garner, et al.

Stephen Berg, Kalispel, Mont., for Ira C. Watteyen, et al.

Paul D. Gutierrez, Gutierrez & Associates, San Francisco, Cal., for Duane Smith, et al.

Kenneth R. Lango, Troy, Mich., Joseph G. Aprea, Traverse City, Mich., for Gerald Bodamer, et al.

Harold E. Kohn, Dianne M. Nast, Jeanne P. Wrobleski, Joseph C. Kohn, Kohn, Savett, Klein & Graf, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., William P. Tedards, Jr., Linda Joseph, Jaeckle, Fleischmann & Mugel, Washington, D.C., Marjorie Golante, Golante & Golante, Towanda, Pa., for Francis and Meredith Logue, et al.

Russell C. Atchley, Vowell & Atchley, Berryville, Ark., for Obe Wright, et al.

Scott Spencer, Sverdrup & Spencer, Libby, Mont., for Lewis Y. and Thelma R. Blackwell.

Frankie J. Dawson, Kelley Scritsmier Moore & Byrne, North Platte, Neb., for Roger and Linda Herr, and James and Donna Vandament.

John Norman Harkey, William C. Brazil, Conway, Ark., for M.J. Behrens and Mary J. Behrens.

William H. Glover, Jr., Brunswick, Ga., for Furman Ray Crews, et al.

Warner G. Leppin, Winslow, Ariz., for Johnny L. Butler and Helen Butler.

Gary L. Scritsmier, Moore & Byrne, P.C., North Platte, Neb., for Phil D. and Marlene J. Kleppinger and Douglas and Janet Spale.

Michael D. Rybak, Guion & Stevens, Litchfield, Conn., for Edward Dwyer, et al.

Gregory P. Lynch, Bend, Or., for Dean and Nancy Taylor.

Luke Danielson, Denver, Colo., William Ikard, M. Frank Powell & Associates, Austin, Tex., for Kenneth G. Hurst and Pamela Hurst.

R. Jack Garrett, West Plains, Mo., for Rick and Kathy Grigsby.

Scolaro, Shulman, Cohen, Lawler & Burstein, P.C., Syracuse, N.Y., for Charles D. and Sara Elaine Chapin.

M. Frank Powell & Associates, Austin, Tex., for Larry and Sandra Carrigan.

David Throesch, Pocahontas, Ark., for Tom Young and Rosemary Young d/b/a Young Agency.

Douglas J. Klingberg, Kevin E. Wolf, Ruder Ware Michler & Forester, S.C., Wausau, Wis., Lee A. Freeman, Jr., Freeman, Freeman & Salzman, P.C., Chicago, Ill., for Ivan L. Adams d/b/a Ivan Adams Sales Agency, et al.

Patrick M. Connealy, Chadron, Neb., for Robert E. and Lynette K. Smith.

Gail Murray, Eliason & Murray, Hibbing, Minn., for Donald E. Schwartz.

Matthew R. McCrink, McCrink, Nelson & Kehler, West Berlin, N.J., for Salvatore Pasquarelli.

Curtis Pritchard, Lummus, Hallman, Pritchard & Baker, Cleburne, Tex., for Neal Lanman.


PRETRIAL MEMORANDUM ORDER NO. 25

CLIFFORD SCOTT GREEN, District Judge.

I.

Plaintiff class has moved to strike certain defenses asserted by defendants and for partial summary judgment on the claims of alleged violations of the Illinois Franchise Disclosure Act (the "Franchise Act") Ill.Rev.Stat. Ch. 121½, ¶ 701 et seq.1 The motion is based upon the contention by plaintiffs that defendants made statements...

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