Attorney(s) appearing for the Case
James Richard Swanson , Attorney, Benjamin Dox Reichard , Fishman Haygood, L.L.P., Harvey Sylvanous Bartlett, III , Emma Elizabeth Daschbach, Esq. , Eberhard Darrow Garrison , Kevin E. Huddell , Gladstone Nathaniel Jones, III, Esq. , Attorney, Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Bernard Edward Boudreaux, Jr., Esq. , Jones, Swanson, Huddell & Garrison, L.L.C., Baton Rouge, LA, Joseph Rock Palermo, III , J. Michael Veron , Alonzo P. Wilson , Attorney, Veron, Bice, Palermo & Wilson, L.L.C., Lake Charles, LA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.
Ewell Elton Eagan, Jr., Esq. , Terrence Kent Knister , James Douglas Rhorer, Esq. , John Y. Pearce , Edward Louis Fenasci, Esq. , Gordon, Arata, Montgomery, Barnett, McCollam, Duplantis & Eagan, LLC, Francis V. Liantonio, Jr. , Glen Marion Pilie, Esq. , Jeffrey Edward Richardson , Adams & Reese, L.L.P., Leigh Ann Schell , Kuchler, Polk, Schell, Weiner & Richeson, L.L.C., Joe B. Norman, Esq. , Robert Beattie McNeal, Esq. , Jonathan Andrew Hunter , Elizabeth S. Wheeler, Esq. , Russell Keith Jarrett, Esq. , Attorney, Kelly Brechtel Becker, Esq. , Liskow & Lewis, P.L.C., Loulan J. Pitre, Jr., Esq. , Aimee Williams Hebert, Esq. , Jane Allison Jackson , Kelly, Hart & Hallman, L.L.P., Brett Patrick Fenasci , Tyler Ann Moore Kostal, Esq. , Richard Stuart Pabst, Esq. , Michael Raudon Phillips, Esq. , Bradley Joseph Schlotterer , Dylan T. Thriffiley , Kean Miller, L.L.P., Kyle D. Schonekas , William P. Gibbens, Esq., Schonekas, Evans, McGoey & McEachin, L.L.C., M. Taylor Darden, Esq. , Carver, Darden, Koretzky, Tessier, Finn, Blossman & Areaux, L.L.C., Todd Gregory Crawford, Esq. , Fowler Rodriguez , John Steven Garner, Esq. , Scialdone Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Nancy Scott Degan, Esq. , Kerry J. Miller , Baker, Donelson, Beaman, Caldwell & Berkowitz, P.C., Etienne C. Lapeyre , F. Henri Lapeyre, Jr. , Lapeyre & Lapeyre, L.L.P., Emile Joseph Dreuil, III, Esq. , David Stephen Landry, Esq. , Gerald F. Slattery, Jr., Esq. , Slattery, Marino & Roberts, P.L.C., Isaac H. Ryan , Deutsch Kerrigan, L.L.P., Carl David Rosenblum, Esq. , Alida C. Hainkel, Esq. , Lauren Courtney Mastio , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Jonathan Robert Cook , Wall, Bullington & Cook, L.L.C., Beverly Klundt Baudouin , Baldwin Haspel Burke & Mayer, L.L.C., John Pratt Farnsworth , Barry W. Ashe , Stone Pigman Walther Wittmann, L.L.C., Mary Margaret Steele , Laura Caviness Cocus, Esq. , Meghan Elizabeth Smith , Curry & Friend, P.L.C., New Orleans, LA, Lawrence Gene Acker , Van Ness Feldman, L.L.P., Washington, DC, Douglas C. Longman, Jr. , Carmen Marie Rodriguez, Esq. , Jones Walker, L.L.P., George Arceneaux, III , Liskow & Lewis, Robert Michael Kallam, Esq. , Jennifer Anne Wells, Esq. , Preis, P.L.C., Stephen D. Baker, Esq. , Law Office of Stephen D. Baker, Paul J. Hebert , Ottinger Hebert, L.L.C., Brandon Wade Letulier , Cliff A. LaCour , Ben Louis Mayeaux , Francis X. Neuner, Jr. , NeunerPate, Daniel C. Hughes , Daniel Hughes, A.P.L.C., Lafayette, LA, Matthew T. Heartney , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., Los Angeles, CA, Nancy Gordon Milburn , Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer, L.L.P., New York, NY, Leonard Louis Kilgore, III, Esq. , Esteban Herrera, Jr., Esq. , Mark Andrew Marionneaux , Richard Dean McConnell , Victor Jacob Suane, Jr. , Louis Victor Gregoire, Jr., Esq. , Pamela Roman Mascara , Charles Simon McCowan, III, Esq. , Kean Miller, L.L.P., Edward Daniel Hughes , John Michael Parker, I, Esq. , Taylor, Porter, Brooks & Phillips, L.L.P., William D. Lampton , William Thomas McCall, Jr. , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Steven Jay Levine , John Bechtold Shortess , Kevin William Welsh , Attorney, Phelps Dunbar, L.L.P., John Powers Wolff, III , Nancy B. Gilbert, Esq. , Richard W. Wolff , Keogh, Cox & Wilson, Limited, Baton Rouge, LA, Morgan Joseph Wells, Jr., Esq. , Trial Attorney, Evan J. Godofsky , Larzelere Picou Wells Simpson Lonero, L.L.C., Metairie, LA, George T. Shipley , Amy Louise Snell , Shipley Snell Montgomery, L.L.P., Jeremiah Johnson Anderson , Robert Ellison Meadows, Esq. , King & Spalding, L.L.P., James Joseph Ormiston , Michael Antoine Ackal, III , Gray Reed & McGraw LLP, Joshua A. Norris, Esq. , Jones Walker, L.L.P., Michael M. Hendryx , Jason Christopher McLaurin , Strong Pipkin Bissell & Ledyard, L.L.P., Houston, TX, Ashley Charles Parrish, Esq. , King & Spalding, L.L.P., Michael J. Lyle , Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan, L.L.P., Washington, DC, John Anthony Scialdone, Esq. , Scialdone Law Firm, P.L.L.C., Todd Gregory Crawford, Esq. , John Steven Garner, Esq. , Michael James Thompson, Jr. , Fowler Rodriguez Valdes — Fauli, Gulfport, MS, Angela M. Spivey , McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Atlanta, GA, Richard Trent Taylor, Esq. , Attorney, McGuireWoods, L.L.P., Richmond, VA, David William Rusch , Mandeville, LA, James Thomas Guglielmo, Esq. , Guglielmo, Lopez, Tuttle, Hunter & Jarrell, Opelousas, LA, Stephen Christopher Fortson , Anna W. O'Neal , Bradley, Murchison, Kelly & Shea, L.L.C., Shreveport, LA, for Defendants-Appellees.
Evan A. Young , Attorney, Baker Botts, L.L.P., Austin, TX, for Amicus Curiae.
Before STEWART, Chief Judge, and OWEN and COSTA, Circuit Judges.
