Judge's Transfer Requires Necessity, Not Economy, 9th Circuit Chief Says

SAN FRANCISCO - A chief federal appeals judge has turned down the offer of a multidistrict litigation judge to preside over remanded cases in litigation over motor fuel temperature sales practices, saying March 19 that U.S. Supreme Court rules do not allow such a transfer absent a showing of necessity from a district court in his circuit (In re Motor Fuel Temperature Sales Practices Litigation, No. 2:07-md-01840-KHVJPO, 9th Cir.; Lerner v. Costco Wholesale Corp., No. 2:07-cv-01216-GHK-FMO, C.D. Calif...(read more)