In re SCHOOL ASBESTOS LITIGATION.
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF LANCASTER, Manheim Township School District, Lampeter-Strasburg School District and Northeastern School District, Appellees,
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 Corporation, U.S. Gypsum, U.S. Mineral Products Company, Sprayon Insulation & Acoustics, Inc., Sprayon Research Corp., Keene Corp., Worben Co., Inc., Wilkin Insulation Company, W.R. Grace & Co., Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation, Standard Insulation, Inc., North American Asbestos Corporation, 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 KAISER CEMENT CORPORATION, in No. 90-1247.
Appeal of UNITED STATES GYPSUM COMPANY, in No. 90-1248.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 19, 1990.
Decided December 13, 1990.
Rehearing and Rehearing Denied January 9, 1991.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Thomas Kirby (argued), Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, D.C., for appellants.
John H. Lewis, Jr., Joseph B.G. Fay, J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Andrew D. Leipold, Richard H. McAdams, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellant, U.S. Gypsum Co.
Daniel J. Ryan, Jr., Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Coggin, Philadelphia, Pa., Patrick J. Hagan, Kincaid, Gianunzio, Caudle & Hubert, Oakland, Cal., for appellant, Kaiser Cement Corp.
Herbert B. Newberg, Harvey S. Kronfeld, Gerald E. Wallerstein, Sandra L. Duggan, Herbert B. Newberg, P.C., David Berger (argued), Harold Berger, Warren Mulloy, Howard Langer, Thomas F. Hughes, David Berger Attorneys at Law, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellees, School Dist. of Lancaster, Manheim Tp. School Dist., Bd. of Educ. of the Memphis City Schools Barnwell School Dist.
Molly S. Boast (argued), Jay G. Safer, Frederick B. Lacey, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Leiby & Macrae, New York City, Edward W. Madeira, Jr., Richard W. Foltz, Jr., Matthew H. Adler, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, Pa., for appellee, Lake Asbestos Quebec.
Charles Alan Wright, Austin, Tex., of counsel to appellees.
Before SCIRICA, COWEN and ALDISERT, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
Rehearing and Rehearing In Banc in No. 90-1247 Denied January 9, 1991.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALDISERT, Circuit Judge.
Here we are confronted with an appeal by two non-settling defendants in a nationwide class action asbestos action who unsuccessfully contested a settlement agreement entered into by another defendant in the district court. We conclude that these non-settling defendants lack standing to challenge the agreement. Accordingly, we affirm...
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