In re Litigation Under Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation

In re Litigation Under Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973

404 F. Supp. 477, 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15112

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United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation·Decided November 25, 1975·No. No. 166·Published

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ORDER FILLING JUDICIAL VACANCY

Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM*, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, STANLEY A. WEIGEL and ANDREW A. CAFFREY, Judges of the Panel.

Pursuant to Section 209(b) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, the Panel previously established the situs of the Special Court in the District of the District of Columbia and also selected the members of the Special Court. In re Litigation under Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1978, 373 [478]*478F.Supp. 1401 (Jud;Pan.Mult.Lit.l974). Moreover, the Panel expressly retained the power to fill any vacancies created on the Special Court. Id. at 1403. Inasmuch as the Honorable Carl McGowan, United States Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has resigned from the Special Court, we hereby select and appoint the Honorable John Minor Wisdom, United States Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to fill the vacancy.

It is so ordered.

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ORDER FILLING JUDICIAL VACANCY

Before JOHN MINOR WISDOM*, Chairman, and EDWARD WEINFELD, EDWIN A. ROBSON, WILLIAM H. BECKER, JOSEPH S. LORD, III, STANLEY A. WEIGEL and ANDREW A. CAFFREY, Judges of the Panel.

Pursuant to Section 209(b) of the Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, the Panel previously established the situs of the Special Court in the District of the District of Columbia and also selected the members of the Special Court. In re Litigation under Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1978, 373 [478]*478F.Supp. 1401 (Jud;Pan.Mult.Lit.l974). Moreover, the Panel expressly retained the power to fill any vacancies created on the Special Court. Id. at 1403. Inasmuch as the Honorable Carl McGowan, United States Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, has resigned from the Special Court, we hereby select and appoint the Honorable John Minor Wisdom, United States Circuit Judge of the Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, to fill the vacancy.

It is so ordered.

In re Litigation Under Regional Rail Reorganization Act of 1973, 404 F. Supp. 477, 1975 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15112 (jpml 1975).

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