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GONZALEZ-SERVIN v. FORD MOTOR CO.

Nos. 11-1665, 08-2792.

662 F.3d 931 (2011)

Monica Del Carmen GONZALEZ-SERVIN, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. FORD MOTOR COMPANY, et al., Defendants-Appellees. In re Factor VIII or IX Concentrate Blood Products Liability Litigation. Yehuda Kerman, et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. Bayer Corporation, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Submitted October 27, 2011.

Decided November 23, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

David McKeand , Attorney, Houston, TX, Laurie McFarland Bauer , Attorney, Bauer Law Office, Mobridge, SD, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 11-1665.

Wade C. Crosnoe , Attorney, Thompson, Coe, Cousins & Irons, LLP, Austin, TX, Jennifer K. Huelskoetter , Bowman & Brooke, Minneapolis, MN, Mark F. Marshall , Davenport, Evans, Hurwitz & Smith, Sioux Falls, SD, Randall Riggs , Attorney, Frost Brown Todd LLC, Indianapolis, IN, Christopher W. Carmicheal , Attorney, Holland & Knight LLP, Chicago, IL, Mark J.R. Merkle , Attorney, Krieg DeVault, Indianapolis, IN, Rory King , Bantz, Gosh, Cremer, Peterson, Sommers & Wager, Aberdeen, SD, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 11-1665.

Elizabeth J. Cabraser , Attorney, Lieff, Cabraser, Heimann & Bernstein, LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in No. 08-2792.

Sara J. Gourley , Attorney, Sidley Austin LLP, Chicago, IL, Richard L. Berkman , Attorney, Dechert LLP, Philadelphia, PA, Duncan Barr , Attorney, O'Connor, Cohn, Dillon & Barr, San Francisco, CA, Lindley J. Brenza , Attorney, Bartlit, Beck, Herman, Palenchar & Scott LLP, Denver, CO, Geoffrey R.W. Smith , Attorney, Geoffrey Smith, PLLC, Washington, DC, Kevin J. Stack , Attorney, Knapp, Petersen & Clarke, Glendale, CA, for Defendants-Appellees in No. 08-2792.

Before EASTERBROOK, Chief Judge, and POSNER and TINDER, Circuit Judges.

POSNER, Circuit Judge.

We have consolidated for decision two appeals that raise concerns about appellate advocacy. These concerns are likely to arise in similar appeals, so we have decided to address them in a published opinion. Both are appeals from grants of forum non conveniens in multidistrict litigation.

No. 11-1665—an appeal from an order to (in effect) transfer a case from the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Indiana to...

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