Opinion
No. 20-30382 consolidated with No. 20-30379
07-02-2021
Stephen DOUGLASS, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Shingo Alexander Douglass; Dora Hernandez, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Noe Hernandez; Lan Huynh, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Ngoc Truong Huynh; Darrold Martin, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Xavier Alec Martin; Erin Rehm, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Gary Leo Rehm, Jr.; Lloyd Wayne Rigsby, Jr., Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Dakota Kyle Rigsby; Carmen Sibayan, Individually and as personal representative of the Estate of Carlos Victor Ganzon Sibayan, Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki KAISHA, Defendant—Appellee, Jhon Alcide; Richard Allen-Easmon; Dustin Angle; Jesus Arguello; Valerie Arguello, Et al, Plaintiffs—Appellants, v. Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kaisha, Defendant—Appellee.
Craig Isenberg, Esq., Laurence D. LeSueur, Jr., Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Robert Stephen Peck, Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, DC, Marc Fiedler, Esq., David M. Schloss, Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Thomas Schoenbaum, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants. Eric John Matheson, Esq., Thomas M. Canevari, Esq., Cody Douglas King, Freehill Hogan & Mahar, L.L.P., New York, NY, Robert H. Murphy, Esq., Peter Bedford Tompkins, Esq., Murphy, Rogers, Sloss, Gambel & Tompkins, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee. Alan Butler Morrison, George Washington University, School of Law, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Civil Procedure Law Professors.
Craig Isenberg, Esq., Laurence D. LeSueur, Jr., Barrasso, Usdin, Kupperman, Freeman & Sarver, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Robert Stephen Peck, Center for Constitutional Litigation, P.C., Washington, DC, Marc Fiedler, Esq., David M. Schloss, Koonz McKenney Johnson & DePaolis, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Thomas Schoenbaum, Seattle, WA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Eric John Matheson, Esq., Thomas M. Canevari, Esq., Cody Douglas King, Freehill Hogan & Mahar, L.L.P., New York, NY, Robert H. Murphy, Esq., Peter Bedford Tompkins, Esq., Murphy, Rogers, Sloss, Gambel & Tompkins, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.
Alan Butler Morrison, George Washington University, School of Law, Washington, DC, for Amicus Curiae Civil Procedure Law Professors.
Before Owen, Chief Judge, and Jones, Smith, Stewart, Dennis, Elrod, Southwick, Haynes, Graves, Higginson, Costa, Willett, Ho, Duncan, Engelhardt, Oldham, and Wilson, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam: A member of the court having requested a poll on the petition for rehearing en banc, and a majority of the circuit judges in regular active service and not disqualified having voted in favor,
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. Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 41.3, the panel opinion in this case dated April 30, 2021, is VACATED.