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United States District CourtFor the Northern District of CaliforniaIN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
IN RE: BEXTRA AND CELEBREX
MARKETING SALES PRACTICES AND
PRODUCT LIABILITY LITIGATION
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This Order Relates to:
ALL CASES
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No. C 05-01699 CRB
MDL No. 1699
PRETRIAL ORDER #1
The Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation (“the Panel”) has transferred certain
product liability and marketing sales practices actions relating to the drugs Bextra and
Celebrex to this Court for coordinated pretrial proceedings. As the number and complexity
of these actions warrant holding a single, coordinated initial case management conference for
all actions in In Re: Bextra and Celebrex Marketing, Sales Practices and Product Liability
Litigation, MDL No. 1699, the Court ORDERS as follows:
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APPLICABILITY OF ORDER --- Prior to the initial pretrial conference and
entry of a comprehensive order governing all further proceedings in this case, the provisions
of this Order shall govern the practice and procedure in those actions that were transferred to
this Court by the Panel. This Order also applies to all related cases filed in all divisions of
the Northern District of California and all “tag-along actions” later filed in, removed to, or
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transferred to this Court.
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CONSOLIDATION---The civil actions transferred to this Court or related to
the actions already pending before this Court are consolidated for pretrial purposes.