Summary
finding common questions arising from an oil refinery explosion that injured more than 18,000 plaintiffs
Summary of this case from Plaisance v. BP Exploration & Prod. Inc. (In re Oil Spill by the Oil Rig "Deepwater Horizon" in the Gulf of Mex., on April 20, 2010)Opinion
No. 91-3449.
January 25, 1994.
Appeals from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Louisiana. Henry A. Mentz, Jr., Judge.
PETITION FOR REHEARING AND SUGGESTION FOR REHEARING EN BANC
(Opinion December 7, 1992, 5 Cir., 1992, 979 F.2d 1014)
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 order.
Prior report: 136 F.R.D. 588.
IT IS ORDERED that the joint motion of appellants, Shell Oil Company and Brown Root, U.S.A., Inc. and appellees, the plaintiffs' Legal Committee, to dismiss these interlocutory appeals presently pending for rehearing en banc, with prejudice, each party to bear its own costs, is granted.