IN RE AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.

No. 91-3180.

929 F.2d 226 (1991)

In re AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD., and 102 Other Shipowner-Defendants in the Ohio Asbestos Litigation (MARDOC), Petitioners.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

March 25, 1991.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harold W. Henderson, Richard C. Binzley, Thomas O. Murphy, Thomas A. Heffernan, Thompson, Hine & Flory, Cleveland, Ohio, for petitioners.

Before KEITH and MARTIN, Circuit Judges, and CONTIE, Senior Circuit Judge.


ORDER

The petitioners, 103 shipowner-defendants in asbestos cases brought in the Northern District of Ohio, seek a writ of mandamus directing the district court to vacate certain orders entered in those cases. They also seek a writ of prohibition directing judges of the Eastern District of Michigan to refrain from taking any action in cases transferred to them pursuant to those orders. Judge Lambros has filed a response to the petition. Additionally, Texaco, Inc...

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