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IN RE DOW CORNING CORP.

Nos. 96-2005, 96-2008 to 96-2013 and 96-2139.

113 F.3d 565 (1997)

In re DOW CORNING CORPORATION, Debtor. Heidi LINDSEY, Representative of the Estate of Charlotte Mahum and Cheryl Kahn, et al., Unsecured Creditors' Committee Official Committee of Tort Claimants, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. The DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY (96-2005/2139); Corning Incorporated (96-2008/2139); Dow Corning Corporation (96-2009); Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company (96-2010); Baxter Healthcare Corporation (96-2011); Medical Engineering Corporation (96-2012); Bristol-Myers Squibb Company (96-2013), Defendants-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided May 8, 1997.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Randall L. Frank, Bay City, MI, Karen E. Evangelista, Shermeta, Chimko & Kilpatrick, Rochester Hills, MI, Dennis S. Meir, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, GA, Susan M. Cook, Lambert, Leser, Dahm, Giunta, Cook & Schmidt, Bay City, MI, Marion J. Mack, Trustee, Office of the United States Trustee, Detroit, MI, Marvin E. Frankel (argued and briefed), Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessin, Kamin & Frankel, New York City, Lenard M. Parkins, Verner, Liipfert, Bernard, McPherson & Hand, Houston, TX, Russell Langford Munsch, Munsch, Hardt, Kopf, Harr & Dinan, Dallas, TX, John M. O'Quinn, O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAnnich & Laminack, Houston, TX, Deborah H. Sheffield, Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia, SC, Christopher J. Walker, Markow, Walker, Reeves & Anderson, Ridgeland, MS, Delia Y. Robinson, Markow, Walker, Reeves & Anderson, Jackson, MS, Thomas D. Lambros, Bricker & Eckler, Cleveland, OH, Debra D. McCullough, Sherman & Sterling, New York City, Tommy Jacks, Mithoff & Jacks, Austin, TX, Edward Blizzard, Williams, Blizzard & McCarthy, Houston, TX, for Tort Claimant, Official Committee of Tort Claimants in No. 96-2005.

James C. Schroeder (briefed), Theresa A. Canaday (briefed), Herbert L. Zarov, Robert M. Dow, Jr., Mayer, Brown & Platt, Chicago, IL, for Dow Chemical Company in Nos. 96-2005 and 96-2139.

Dennis S. Meir, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, GA, Marvin E. Frankel (argued and briefed), Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessin, Kamin & Frankel, New York City, Russell Langford Munsch, Munsch, Hardt, Kopf, Harr & Dinan, Dallas, TX, John M. O'Quinn, O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAnnich & Laminack, Houston, TX, Deborah H. Sheffield, Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia, SC, Christopher J. Walker, Markow, Walker, Reeves & Anderson, Ridgeland, MS, Delia Y. Robinson, Markow, Walker, Reeves & Anderson, Jackson, MS, for Tort Claimant, Official Committee of Tort Claimants in Nos.96-2008 to 96-2013.

Sheryl L. Toby, Michael J. Friedman, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, Ogden N. Lewis, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for Unsecured Creditors' Committee in Nos. 96-2008 to 96-2013.

William D. Eggers, Nixon, Hargrave, Devans & Doyle, Rochester, NY, for Corning Incorporated in Nos. 96-2008 and 96-2139.

Barbara J. Houser (argued), George H. Tarpley, Sheinfeld, Maley & Kay, Dallas, TX, for Dow Corning Corporation in No. 96-2009.

Greg A. Danilow (briefed), Bruce R. Zirinsky (argued and briefed), Howard B. Comet (briefed), Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, Susan Healy Zitterman, John P. Hessburg, Kitch, Drutchas, Wagner & Kenney, Detroit, MI, for Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company in No. 96-2010.

Larry J. Nyhan, James F. Conlan, Sidley & Austin, Chicago, IL, Judy A. O'Neill, Laura J. Eisele, Dykema Gossett, Detroit, MI, Thomas E. Pitts, Jr. (argued and briefed), Sidley & Austin, New York City, for Baxter Healthcare Corporation in No. 96-2011.

Hayden Smith, Jr. (briefed), David J. Adler, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for Medical Engineering Corporation in No. 96-2012.

Hayden Smith, Jr. (briefed), David J. Adler, McCarter & English, Newark, NJ, for Bristol-Myers Squibb Company in No. 96-2013.

Michael J. Friedman, Honigman, Miller, Schwartz & Cohn, Detroit, MI, Randall L. Frank, Bay City, MI, Karen E. Evangelista, Shermeta, Chimko & Kilpatrick, Rochester Hills, MI, Dennis S. Meir, Kilpatrick & Cody, Atlanta, GA, Susan M. Cook, Lambert, Leser, Dahm, Giunta, Cook & Schmidt, Bay City, MI, Marion J. Mack, Trustee, Office of the United States Trustee, Detroit, MI, Marvin E. Frankel (argued and briefed), Kramer, Levin, Naftalis, Nessin, Kamin & Frankel, New York City, Lenard M. Parkins, Verner, Liipfert, Bernard, McPherson & Hand, Houston, TX, Russell Langford Munsch, Munsch, Hardt, Kopf, Harr & Dinan, Dallas, TX, John M. O'Quinn, O'Quinn, Kerensky, McAnnich & Laminack, Houston, TX, Deborah H. Sheffield, Richardson, Plowden, Grier & Howser, Columbia, SC, Delia Y. Robinson, Markow, Walker, Reeves & Anderson, Jackson, MS, Thomas D. Lambros, Bricker & Eckler, Cleveland, OH, Debra D. McCullough, Sherman & Sterling, New York City, Tommy Jacks, Mithoff & Jacks, Austin, TX, Edward Blizzard, Williams, Blizzard & McCarthy, Houston, TX, for Tort Claimant, Official Committee of Tort Claimants in No. 96-2139.

Ogden N. Lewis, Davis, Polk & Wardwell, New York City, for Unsecured Creditors' Committee in No. 96-2139.

Before: MARTIN, Chief Judge; BATCHELDER, Circuit Judge; WISEMAN, District Judge.

BOYCE F. MARTIN, Jr., Chief Judge.

Before the Court is an appeal and petition for writ of mandamus by Dow Corning; its shareholders, The Dow Chemical Company and Corning Incorporated; and other manufacturers of silicone products that have been named as co-defendants with Dow Corning in product liability suits relating to silicone implants.1 These parties contest the district court's denial of their motion to transfer to the Eastern District...

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