In re SCHOOL ASBESTOS LITIGATION.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER MANHEIM TOWNSHIP SCHOOL DISTRICT, Lampeter-Strasburg School District and Northeastern School District
v.
LAKE ASBESTOS OF QUEBEC, LTD., the Celotex Corporation, Raymark Industries, Inc., Union Carbide Corp., Asbestospray Corp., Sprayo-Flake Company, National Gypsum Co., Sprayed Insulation Inc., Asbestos Fibres Inc., Dana Corp., U.S. Gypsum, U.S. Mineral Products Co., Sprayon Insulation & Acoustics, Inc., Sprayon Research Corp., Keene Corp., Worben Co., Inc., Wilkin Insulation Co., W.R. Grace & Co., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Standard Insulations, Inc., North American Asbestos Corp., Cassiar Resources, Ltd., Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Asbestos Corporation Limited, Southern Textile Corp., Owens-Illinois, Inc., Turner & Newall Limited, the Flintkote Co., Fibreboard Corporation, Gaf Corp., Uniroyal, Inc., Cape Asbestos, Pfizer, Inc., Kaiser Cement Corporation, Bes-Tex, Inc., Georgia-Pacific Corp.
Appeal of NATIONAL GYPSUM COMPANY, United States Gypsum Company, W.R. Grace & Co., The Celotex Corporation and Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Appellants in No. 87-1081.
Appeal of The SAFE BUILDINGS ALLIANCE, a corporation organized pursuant to the District of Columbia Non-profit Corporation Act, Appellant in No. 87-1123.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued July 7, 1987.
Decided March 17, 1988.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Richard P. Brown, Jr., Frank L. Corrado, Jr., Morgan Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for United States Gypsum Co., appellant in No. 87-1081.
Lawrence T. Hoyle, Jr., Arlene Fickler, David E. Landau, Hoyle, Morris & Kerr, Philadelphia, Pa., for Nat. Gypsum Co., appellant in No. 87-1081.
Shepard M. Remis, Kenneth A. Cohen (argued), Goodwin, Procter & Hoar, Boston, Mass., Lowell A. Reed, Jr., Rawle & Henderson, Philadelphia, Pa., for W.R. Grace & Co., appellant in No. 87-1081.
Ralph W. Brenner, Stephen A. Madva, Montgomery, McCracken, Walker & Rhoads, Philadelphia, Pa., for The Celotex Corp., appellant in No. 87-1081.
John Patrick Kelley, Catherine N. Jasons, Krusen Evans & Byrne, Philadelphia, Pa., for Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corp., appellant in No. 87-1081.
Tom P. Monteverde, Monteverde, Hemphill, Maschmeyer & Obert, Philadelphia, Pa., L. Mark Wine (argued), Timothy S. Hardy, Stuart A.C. Drake, James T. O'Neill, Kirkland & Ellis, Washington, D.C., for The Safe Bldgs. Alliance, appellant in No. 87-1123.
Herbert B. Newberg (argued), Harvey S. Kronfeld, Gerald A. Wallerstein, Martin J. D'Urso, Herbert B. Newberg, P.C., Philadelphia, Pa., Edward J. Westbrook, Blatt & Fales, Charleston, S.C., Frank J. Daily, Quarles & Brady, Milwaukee, Wis., for class plaintiffs and Barnwell School Dist. No. 45, appellees in Nos. 87-1081 and 87-1123.
Arnold Levin, Levin & Fishbein, Philadelphia, Pa., for class plaintiffs, appellees in Nos. 87-1081 and 87-1123.
Daniel A. Speights, Daniel A. Speights Law Office, Hampton, S.C., for Barnwell County School Dist. No. 45, appellee in Nos. 87-1081 and 87-1123.
David Berger (argued), Daniel Berger, Sheldon V. Toubman, David Berger Attorneys at Law, Philadelphia, Pa., for School Dist. of Lancaster, Manheim Tp. School Dist., Lampeter-Strasburg School Dist., Bd. of Educ. of the Memphis City Schools and Napa Valley Unified School Dist., appellees in Nos. 87-1081 and 87-1123.
R. Michael Carr, LaBrum & Doak, Philadelphia, Pa., for Keene Corp., appellee in Nos. 87-1081 and 87-1123.
Robert M. Frankhouser, Jr., Hartman, Underhill & Brubaker, Lancaster, Pa., for School Dist. of Lancaster, Manheim Tp. School Dist. & Lampeter-Strasburg School Dist., appellees in Nos. 87-1081 and 87-1123.
Before HIGGINBOTHAM and BECKER, Circuit Judges, and BARRY, District Judge.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
A. LEON HIGGINBOTHAM, Jr., Circuit Judge.
These consolidated appeals arise out of class action litigation that is currently pending in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania. In that suit, public and private elementary and secondary schools nationwide have sued former manufacturers and suppliers of asbestos-containing materials. The plaintiff schools seek to recover the costs of removing, repairing...
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