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Type
Dissent
Filed
April 9, 2019
Case
In Re Asbestos Products Liability Litigation (No. VI)
Case status
Decided

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FISHER, Circuit Judge, dissenting. Like buried treasure, the Appellant merchant mariners ask us to dig up court transcripts and interpret the meaning of off-the-cuff dialogue between counsel and the court that occurred more than three decades ago. However, the MDL Court already accomplished this task, and it did so according to the appropriate legal standards and within the bounds of reasonable factual interpretation. Because the r…

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