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Watson v. Shell Oil Co.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Apr 28, 1993
990 F.2d 805 (5th Cir. 1993)

Summary

granting rehearing en banc

Summary of this case from In re Shell Oil Refinery

Opinion

No. 91-3449.

April 28, 1993.

Thomas J. Wyllie, James Holmes, New Orleans, LA, for defendants-appellants.

Robert R. Faucheux, Richard M. Millet, LaPlace, LA, Robert F. Fadaol, Gretna, LA, Joseph W. McKearn, William C. McGehee, New Orleans, LA, Thomas F. Daley, LaPlace, LA, Mark Marino, Destrehan, LA, Gary D. Irby, Boutte, LA, Madeline Jasmine, Edgard, LA, Eric A. Holden, Franklin M. Adkins, Jack Stolier, James Guest, Kenner, LA, Joseph M. Bruno, Bruno Bruno, Deonne DuBarry, Curtis J. Coney, Jr., Robert G. Harvey, New Orleans, LA, David L. Colvin, Daryl A. Higgins, Windhorst, Gaudry, Ranson, Higgins Gremillion, Gretna, LA, John D. Malone, John H. Wells, Herbert A. Cade, Daria L. Burgess, Herman C. Hoffman, New Orleans, LA, Paul L. Billingsley, Luling, LA, Thomas A. Cardell, New Orleans, LA, Kenneth V. Ward, Jr., Metairie, LA, Julie Ann Burke, Leon C. Vial, III, Hahnville, LA, Vernon P. Thomas, New Orleans, LA, Giles Duplechin, Gretna, LA, Dennis J. Dannel, Fred J. Cassibry, New Orleans, LA, Randy Lewis, Eagle Inspection, Luling, LA, Cynthia Davison, New Orleans, LA, Ronnie J. Berthelot, Baton Rouge, LA, Robert J. Caluda, New Orleans, LA, Cassius Bering, Mary Bering, Michael Bering, Norco, LA, Nita Gorrell, Special Master, Hammond, LA, Vincent J. DeSalvo, Baton Rouge, LA, Harold J. Lamy, J. Robert Ates, Laurence Cohen, Martin E. Regan, Jr., Issidro Rene De Rojas, David Paul Bains, R. Ray Orrill, Jr., Robert F. Shearman, New Orleans, LA, Kernan Hand, David K. Joyce, Kenner, LA, David Oestreicher, New Orleans, LA, Frank A. Silvestri, New Orleans, LA, Darryl J. Carimi, James C. Klick, Gretna, LA, Margaret E. Woodward, New Orleans, LA, Gerald J. Arceneaux, Westwego, LA, Clare Jupiter, New Orleans, LA, Thomas C. Cerullo, Patricia M. Franz, Metairie, LA, Harry E. Forst, Wayne H. Carlton, Jr., Robert B. Sharp, Orlando G. Bendana, New Orleans, LA, Edward J. Schmidt, II, Jefferson, LA, Donald F. DeBoisblan, Catherine Leary, Patrick D. McArdle, Laura E. Fahy, Darleen J. Jacobs, Charles W. Dittmer, Eugene G. Taggart, Nora F. McAlister, John Cummings, III, New Orleans, LA, Daniel Becnel, Jr., Reserve, LA, Wendell Gauthier, Metairie, LA, Calvin C. Fayard, Jr., Denham Springs, LA, Stephen Murray, Morris Reed, New Orleans, LA, William Sibley, Greenburg, LA, Thomas Kliebert, Jr., Gramercy, LA, Eldon E. Fallon, J. Robert Ates, Jack W. Harang, Stuart H. Smith, Robert T. Hughes, New Orleans, LA, Steven F. Griffith, Destrehan, LA, David W. Robinson, Baton Rouge, LA, Frank J. D'Amico, Jr., New Orleans, LA, Douglas St. Romain, Thomas G. Milazzo, Metairie, LA, Morris W. Reed, Timothy J. Falcon, New Orleans, LA, Jude H. Trahant, Jr., A. Gill Dyer, Metairie, LA, Ronald P. Thibodeaux, Gretna, LA, for plaintiffs-appellees.

Gail Simmons, pro se.

Gary Dennis, pro se.

Ellis Young, pro se.

Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana; Henry A. Mentz, Jr., Judge.

Before POLITZ, Chief Judge, GARWOOD, JOLLY, HIGGINBOTHAM, DAVIS, JONES, SMITH, WIENER, BARKSDALE, E. GARZA, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

Judges King and Duhe are recused, and therefore did not participate in this decision.


ON PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC [2] (Opinion December 7, 1992, 5 Cir., 1992, 979 F.2d 1014)


A member of the Court in active service having requested a poll on the suggestion for rehearing en banc and a majority of the judges in active service having voted in favor of granting a rehearing en banc,

IT IS ORDERED that this cause shall be reheard by the Court en banc with oral argument on a date hereafter to be fixed. The Clerk will specify a briefing schedule for the filing of supplemental briefs.


Summaries of

Watson v. Shell Oil Co.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit
Apr 28, 1993
990 F.2d 805 (5th Cir. 1993)

granting rehearing en banc

Summary of this case from In re Shell Oil Refinery
Case details for

Watson v. Shell Oil Co.

Case Details

Full title:TROY WATSON, ET AL., PLAINTIFFS-APPELLEES, v. SHELL OIL COMPANY, AND BROWN…

Court:United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit

Date published: Apr 28, 1993

Citations

990 F.2d 805 (5th Cir. 1993)

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