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CENTRAL WESLEYAN COLLEGE v. W.R. GRACE & CO.

Nos. 92-2268, 92-2269.

6 F.3d 177 (1993)

CENTRAL WESLEYAN COLLEGE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. W.R. GRACE & CO.; United States Gypsum Company; AC & S, Incorporated; A.P. Green Refractories Company; Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated; Fibreboard Corporation; Flintkote Company; GAF Corporation; General Refractories Company; Grant Wilson Inc.; Babcock & Wilcox Co.; Basic, Incorporated; California Products Corporation; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated; Dana Corporation; Dodson Manufacturing Company; Keene Corporation; Lac D'Amainte Du Quebec, Ltee; Ohio Lime Company; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Incorporated; Pfizer, Incorporated; Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated; Uniroyal Incorporated; United States Mineral Products Company; Vimasco Corporation; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Turner & Newall, Ltd.; Cassiar Mining Corporation, Defendants-Appellants, and National Gypsum Company; Acoustics, Incorporated; Amchem Products, Incorporated; American Asbestos Products, Incorporated; American Energy Products, Incorporated; Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; Asbestos Corporation; Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated; Asbestospray Corporation; Eagle Picher Industries; Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation; Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated; Foster Wheeler Corporation; Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Grefco, Incorporated; H & A Construction Corporation; Hamilton Materials, Incorporated; H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated; Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated; Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated; Huxley Development Corporation; IPA Systems, Incorporated; J.W. Roberts, Ltd.; John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated; Asten Group, Incorporated; Atlas Turner, Inc.; Carey Canada, Inc.; The Celotex Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Charter Consolidated Investments; Charter Industries; Chemrock Corporation; Combustion Engineering, Incorporated; Kaiser Refractories; Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated; Nicolet, Inc.; Quigley Company, Inc.; Raymark Industries, Incorporated; Ryder Industries, Incorporated; Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated; Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated; Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated; Sprayed Insulation Corporation; Sprayon Research Corporation; Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated; Standard Insulations, Incorporated; Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company; Vermont Asbestos Group; Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated; Asbestos Product Manufacturing; Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware corporation; C.E. Thurston & Sons; Charter Consolidated, Ltd.; Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; Cape Industries, Ltd.; TAF International, Ltd.; Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd.; Charter Consolidated Services; California Products International, Incorporated; Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd.; Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Defendants. CENTRAL WESLEYAN COLLEGE, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. KAISER GYPSUM COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Defendant-Appellant, and W.R. Grace & Co.; United States Gypsum Company; AC & S, Incorporated; A.P. Green Refractories Company; Armstrong World Industries, Incorporated; Fibreboard Corporation; Flintkote Company; GAF Corporation; General Refractories Company; Grant Wilson, Inc.; Babcock & Wilcox Co.; Basic, Incorporated; California Products Corporation; Crown Cork & Seal Company, Incorporated; Dana Corporation; Dodson Manufacturing Company; Keene Corporation; Lac D'Amainte Du Quebec, Ltee; Ohio Lime Company; Owens-Corning Fiberglas Corporation; Owens-Illinois, Incorporated; Pfizer, Incorporated; Rock Wool Manufacturing Company, Incorporated; Uniroyal Incorporated; United States Mineral Products Company; Vimasco Corporation; Pittsburgh Corning Corporation; Turner & Newall, Ltd.; Cassiar Mining Corporation; National Gypsum Company; Acoustics, Incorporated; Amchem Products, Incorporated; American Asbestos Products, Incorporated; American Energy Products, Incorporated; Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; Asbestos Corporation; Asbestos Fibers, Incorporated; Asbestospray Corporation; Eagle Picher Industries; Empire Ace Insulation Manufacturing Corporation; Empire Asbestos Products, Incorporated; Foster Wheeler Corporation; Forty-Eight Insulations, Inc.; Garlock, Inc.; Georgia-Pacific Corporation; Grefco, Incorporated; H & A Construction Corporation; Hamilton Materials, Incorporated; H.K. Porter Company, Incorporated; Highland Stucco & Lime Products, Incorporated; Hollywood Stucco Products, Incorporated; Huxley Development Corporation; IPA Systems, Incorporated; J.W. Roberts, Ltd.; John Crane-Houdaille, Incorporated; Asten Group, Incorporated; Atlas Turner, Inc.; Carey Canada, Inc.; The Celotex Corporation; Certainteed Corporation; Charter Consolidated Investments; Charter Industries; Chemrock Corporation; Combustion Engineering, Incorporated; Kaiser Refractories; Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Corporation; Kaiser Gypsum Company, Incorporated; Nicolet, Inc.; Quigley Company, Inc.; Raymark Industries, Incorporated; Ryder Industries, Incorporated; Sealtite Insulation Manufacturing, Incorporated; Special Asbestos Company, Incorporated; Sprayon Insulation & Acoustic, Incorporated; Sprayed Insulation Corporation; Sprayon Research Corporation; Starr-Davis Company, Incorporated; Standard Insulations, Incorporated; Standard Asbestos Manufacturing and Insulating Company; Vermont Asbestos Group; Western Mineral Products Company, Incorporated; Asbestos Product Manufacturing; Southern Textile Corporation, a Delaware corporation; C.E. Thurston & Sons; Charter Consolidated, Ltd.; Atlas Asbestos Corporation, Ltd.; Cape Industries, Ltd.; TAF International, Ltd.; Turner Asbestos Fibres, Ltd.; Charter Consolidated Services; California Products International, Incorporated; Cape Asbestos Fibres, Ltd.; Bell Asbestos Mines, Ltd., Defendants.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided September 24, 1993.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Thomas W. Kirby, Wiley, Rein & Fielding, Washington, DC, argued (Joseph B.G. Fay, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for appellant U.S. Gypsum; Michael T. Cole, Wise & Cole, P.A., Charleston, SC, for appellant Pfizer; Allen S. Joslyn, P. Kevin Castel, Cahill, Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for appellant W.R. Grace & Co., on brief), for appellants.

Arthur R. Miller, Harvard Law School, Cambridge, MA, argued (Daniel A. Speights, Speights & Runyon, Hampton, SC; Edward J. Westbrook, Ness, Motley, Loadholt, Richardson & Poole, Charleston, SC, on brief), for appellee.

Before ERVIN, Chief Judge, WILKINSON, Circuit Judge, and HILTON, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Virginia, sitting by designation.

OPINION

WILKINSON, Circuit Judge:

This case presents the question of whether conditional class certification was appropriate in a suit brought against a group of asbestos producers on behalf of those colleges and universities with friable asbestos in their buildings. The district court granted plaintiff's motion for certification on the condition that discovery be primarily limited to eight "common issues," which the court deemed to predominate at this stage...

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