In re ASBESTOS SCHOOL LITIGATION
PFIZER INC., Petitioner,
v.
The Honorable James T. GILES, Nominal Respondent and
Barnwell School District No. 45; School District of Lancaster; Manheim Township School District; Lampeter-Strasburg School District; Board of Education of the Memphis City Schools And A Conditionally Certified Class.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.https://leagle.com/images/logo.png
Argued September 16, 1994.
Decided December 28, 1994.
Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
Charles R. Bruton (Argued), Richard W. Foltz, Jr., Maureen E. Lowry, Pepper, Hamilton & Scheetz, Philadelphia, PA, for petitioner, Pfizer Inc.
Harvey S. Kronfeld, Harvey S. Kronfeld, P.C., Bala-Cynwyd, PA, David Berger, Harold Berger, Thomas F. Hughes, Gerald E. Wallerstein, David Berger, Attorneys at Law, Philadelphia, PA, for class-plaintiff.
Arnold Levin, Laurence S. Berman, Levin, Fishbein, Sedran & Berman, Philadelphia, PA, for chair, plaintiffs' Trial and Liability Committee.
Arthur R. Miller (Argued), Cambridge, MA, of counsel for class-plaintiff.
Floyd Abrams (Argued), Allen S. Joslyn, Cahill Gordon & Reindel, New York City, for respondent, W.R. Grace & Co. — Conn.
John H. Lewis, Jr., Joseph B.G. Fay, J. Gordon Cooney, Jr., Morgan, Lewis & Bockius, Philadelphia, PA, for respondent, U.S. Gypsum Co.
George D. Webster, Webster, Chamberlain & Bean, Washington, DC, for the American Soc. of Ass'n Executives.
Stephen J. Imbriglia, Hecker, Brown, Sherry & Johnson, Philadelphia, PA, for respondent, U.S. Mineral Products Co.
Dennis B. Stephens, Schwabland and Ryan, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, for respondent, Asbestospray, Inc.
Before: STAPLETON, ALITO, and LEWIS, Circuit Judges.
United States Court of Appeals, Third Circuit.
OPINION OF THE COURT
ALITO, Circuit Judge:
This is the latest appellate chapter in a lengthy nationwide class action in which more than 30,000 school districts have sought relief from former manufacturers of asbestos-containing building products ("ACBPs") for harm stemming from the installation of ACBPs in their school buildings.1 The current proceeding concerns a petition for a writ of mandamus filed by one of the defendants...
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