In re: Blue Cross Blue Shield Antitrust Litigation

Summary

This Conditional Transfer Order (CTO-49) of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation transfers a tag-along action to the Northern District of Alabama for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings in MDL No. 2406. The action is assigned, with the court’s consent, to Judge Anna M. Manasco, subject to the order’s seven-day opposition and filing conditions.

Holdings

1. The scheduled action is conditionally transferred to the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings because it involves questions of fact common to actions previously transferred to that district.
2. The conditional transfer order does not become effective until filed with the clerk of the Northern District of Alabama, and transmittal is stayed for seven days; a timely notice of opposition continues the stay until further order of the Panel.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the scheduled tag-along action should be transferred to the Northern District of Alabama for coordinated or consolidated pretrial proceedings under 28 U.S.C. § 1407.
2. Whether the conditional transfer should be subject to a seven-day stay during which a party may file a notice of opposition.

Disposition

other