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LAFOREST v. FORMER CLEAN AIR HOLDING CO., INC.

Docket Nos. 03-9007(L), 03-9043(CON), 03-9045(CON), 03-9313(CON), 03-9357(CON), 04-0104(CON).

376 F.3d 48 (2004)

James LAFOREST, Henrietta Lafrinere, Robert Lintz, Ralph Miner, Laverne Spencer, and Irene Wesolowski, individually and as a class of persons similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. FORMER CLEAN AIR HOLDING COMPANY, INCORPORATED, Cross-Defendant, Honeywell International, Inc., Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee, Motor Components, L.L.C., Bam Enterprises, Inc., Mark IV Industries, Inc., Arvinmeritor, Inc., and Purolator Products Co., Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants.

United States Court of Appeals, Second Circuit.

Decided: July 15, 2004.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

William A. Wertheimer, Jr., Special Counsel for Litigation, International Union, UAW (Daniel W. Sherrick, General Counsel, Catherine J. Trafton, Associate General Counsel, Niraj R. Ganatra, Associate General Counsel, on the brief), Detroit, MI, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Joseph A. Costello, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Philadelphia, PA (Richard D. Bernstein, Sidley Austin Brown & Wood LLP, Washington, D.C., on the brief), for Defendant-Appellant-Cross-Appellee.

Hugh C. Carlin, Gross, Shuman, Brizdle & Gilfillan, P.C., Buffalo, NY, for Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Motor Components, L.L.C. and BAM Enterprises, Inc.

John W. Allen, Varnum Riddering Schmidt & Howlett LLP (Joseph J. Vogan, Anthony R. Comden, on the brief), Grand Rapids, MI, for Third-Party-Defendants-Appellees-Cross-Appellants Mark IV Industries, Inc., Arvinmeritor, Inc., and Purolator Products Co.

Before: CALABRESI and WESLEY, Circuit Judges, and SCULLIN, District Judge.

WESLEY, Circuit Judge.1

In this appeal, we are called upon to assess a district court's issuance of injunctive relief to a putative class of plaintiffs alleging that they are in imminent danger of suffering irreparable harm. Plaintiffs are all retirees, or surviving spouses of retirees, of Bendix Corporation. They average 83 years of age, and, due to the actions of one of the third-party defendants-appellants, recently suffered a drastic...

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