HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 1967 - 0087RESOLUTION NO.67-87
APPROVING WESTERN ASSOCIATED PIPE PLAINTIFFS
COMPACT
A RESOLUTION OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF COUNTY
SANITATION DISTRICT NO.,.
OF ORANGE COUNTY,
CALIFORNIA,APPROVING W~~ERN ASSOCIATED PIPE
PLAINTIFFS’COMPACT
The Board of Directors of County Sanitation District
No.
_____,
of Orange County,California,does resolve as follows:
WHEREAS,this District on March 9,1966 authorized the
Attorney General of the State of California to represent it as a
plaintiff in a class action against certain manufacturers and
suppliers of concrete pipe and related products,which action is
based on violation of price fixing statutes,which are generally
referred to as WESTERN PIPE CASES;and,
WHEREAS,by virtue of said resolution enacted March 9,
1966,this District authorized the Attorney General to settle,
compromise or dismiss all or any part of any claim of public end
user involved in such proceedings with the consent of the public
end user;and,
WHEREAS,it is deemed expedient for the prosecution of
the subject case to enter into a compact with other plaintiffs so
that all of the interests of the plaintiffs may be pooled into a
single claim in order to obtain the greatest recovery possible
from the remaining defendant,American Pipe and Construction Company,
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the action of the
Attorney General in entering,on behalf of this District,the
Western Associated Pipe Plaintiffs’Compact,a copy of which is on
file in the office of the Secretary of the District is hereby
ratified,confirmed and approved.
DATED:August 9,1967