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STEERING COMMITTEE v. EXXON MOBIL CORP.

No. 05-30781.

461 F.3d 598 (2006)

STEERING COMMITTEE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. EXXON MOBIL CORPORATION, Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

August 18, 2006.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Calvin Clifford Fayard, Jr. (argued), Denham Springs, LA, Joseph M. Bruno (argued), David S. Scalia, Bruno & Bruno, New Orleans, LA, Elizabeth Cary Dougherty (argued), Baton Rouge, LA, for Plaintiff-Appellant.

Michael Patrick Cash (argued), Winstead, Sechrest & Minick, Houston, TX, Louise V. White, Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, New Orleans, LA, Charles S. McCowan, Jr., Louis Victor Gregoire, Jr., Kean, Miller, Hawthorne, D'Armond, McCowan & Jarman, Baton Rouge, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before DAVIS, BARKSDALE and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.

W. EUGENE DAVIS, Circuit Judge:

Plaintiff-Appellants, members of a purported class alleging claims against Defendant-Appellee Exxon Mobil Corporation arising out of a fire in an Exxon Mobil facility, appeal the district court's order denying certification of a Rule 23(b)(3) plaintiff class in this mass tort action. A panel of this court granted Appellants' petition for permission to appeal and we have jurisdiction to hear this interlocutory appeal under 28 U.S.C....

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