FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC. v. U.S. JPML

No. 11-2438.

662 F.3d 887 (2011)

FEDEX GROUND PACKAGE SYSTEM, INC., Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES JUDICIAL PANEL ON MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION, Respondent.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided November 17, 2011.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jonathan Hacker , Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Washington, DC, J. Timothy Eaton , Attorney, Shefsky & Froelich, Chicago, IL, Robert M. Schwartz , Attorney, O'Melveny & Myers LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for Petitioner.

Robert E. Kopp , Attorney, Department of Justice, Civil Division, Appellate Staff, Washington, DC, for Respondent.

Lynn Rossman Faris , Attorney, Leonard Carder, Oakland, CA, for Parties-in-Interest.

Before MANION, SYKES, and HAMILTON, Circuit Judges.


HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.

This petition for the extraordinary writ of mandamus presents an important question concerning the management of appeals in multidistrict litigation under 28 U.S.C. § 1407 when portions of some cases must be returned to their original transferor courts. In this case, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (JPML) chose one of two alternative courses. The JPML chose to ensure that each case produces one appeal of all issues in that...

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