ROMINE v. COMPUSERVE CORP.

No. 98-3480.

160 F.3d 337 (1998)

Larry ROMINE and Sonia Mitelman, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. COMPUSERVE CORPORATION, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Sixth Circuit.

Decided November 10, 1998.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard S. Wayne (briefed), William K. Flynn (argued and briefed), Strauss & Troy, Cincinnati, OH, Richard H. Weiss (briefed), Milberg, Weiss, Bershad, Hynes & Lerach LLP, New York, NY, David A.P. Brower (briefed), Wolf, Haldenstein, Adler, Freeman & Herz, New York, NY, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Frances F. Goins (argued and briefed), Harold E. Farling (briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, David J. Young (briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Columbus, OH, David K. Frank, Columbus, OH, Michael F. Colley, Law Offices of Michael F. Colley, Columbus, OH, for Defendant-Appellee Compuserve Corporation.

Frances F. Goins (argued and briefed), Harold E. Farling (briefed), Squire, Sanders & Dempsey L.L.P., Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees H&R Block, Inc., H&R Block Group, Inc., Richard H. Brown, Robert J. Massey, Herbert J. Kahn, Kenneth Marinik, Henry F. Frigon, Roger W. Hale, Morton I. Sosland.

Sheldon Raab (argued and briefed), Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson, New York, NY, Marvin L. Karp (briefed), Ulmer & Berne, Cleveland, OH, for Defendants-Appellees Goldman, Sachs & Company, George K. Baum & Company, Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner and Smith, Inc.

Before: MERRITT and COLE, Circuit Judges; EDMUNDS, District Judge.


OPINION

MERRITT, Circuit Judge.

Four duplicative class action cases have now been filed arising out of the same securities transaction — one in Ohio state court, one in New York state court, and two in federal district court in Ohio. Plaintiffs, who are represented by the same counsel, apparently want all the duplicative actions to go forward in all of the courts at the same time. This appeal presents the recurring question of whether the district...

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