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ACUNA v. BROWN & ROOT INC.

Nos. 98-51073, 98-51133.

200 F.3d 335 (2000)

Crecensio ACUNA; Leonardo Acuna, Individually and as next friend of Pedro Acuna, Leonardo Acuna, Jr. & Genaro Acuna, Minors; Helen Leal Alaniz, Individually and as next friend of Abel Alaniz, Jr., Justin Alaniz & Nicole Alaniz, Minors; Consuelo R. Aguero, Individually and as next friend of Mark Anthony Aguero & Anna Marie Aguero, Minors; Jose Luis Aguero, Jr., Individually and as next friend of Patrick T. Aguero, a Minor; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. BROWN & ROOT INC.; et al., Defendants, Brown & Root Inc.; Chevron USA Inc., Individually, as parent, and successor in interest to Chevron Resources Company, a division of Chevron Industries, Inc.; Conoco, Inc.; Continental Oil Company; Exxon Corporation; Rio Grande Resources Corporation; General Atomics, doing business as General Atomics Corp.; Atlantic Richfield Company, as successor in interest to Anaconda Company; Intercontinental Energy Corporation, doing business as IEC Corporation, Defendants-Appellees. Rebecca Garcia, Individually and as next friend of Stephanie Renee Garcia, a minor; Rogelio Garcia; Romona Garcia; Sylvia M. Garcia; Yolanda Garcia, Individually and as next friend of Roxanne Garcia, Rafael Garcia, Minors, et al., Plaintiffs-Apellants, v. Conoco Inc.; et al., Defendants, Conoco Inc.; Conquista Project Corporation; Continental Oil Co.; Chevron Corporation; Chevron Resources; Exxon Corporation; General Atomics, doing business as General Atomics Corp.; Totale Inc.; Chemical Waste Management Inc.; Chemical Waste Management of Texas, Inc.; Totale Corporation; Total American Mining, Inc.; Malapai Resources Company; Everest Minerals Corporation; Pioneer Corporation; Pioneer Nuclear Inc.; Atlantic Richfield Company; Susquehanna-Western Inc.; Rio Grande Resources Corporation; Intercontinental Energy Corporation; Uranium Resources Inc.; Gilbert Construction Company of Texas, Inc.; Gilbert Construction Company II; Gilbert Construction Company; Oxy Minerals Corporation; Mo-Vac Incorporated; E.G. Gonzales Trucking & Paving; Buddy Smith Drilling Company; Garcia Construction; Bay Inc., doing business as Bay Materials; Dahlstrom Construction Co.; Dahlstrom International Inc.; Dahlstrom Enterprises Inc.; Dahlstrom Holding Corporation; Dahlstrom Trucking Company, Inc.; Havanna Inc., doing business as Havanna Materials; Heldenfels Brothers Inc.; International Engineering Co.; Scott Davidson Trucking; Davidson Construction & Trucking; Marcus Garcia; G.P. Materials Inc.; McKenzie Contractors Inc.; McKenzie Materials Inc.; Brown & Root Inc.; Lone Star Drilling Company Inc.; Lone Star Drilling Corporation; Lone Star State Drilling Corporation; Lone Star Foundation Drilling Inc.; Lone Star Drilling Company; Beackley Drilling; Tepcore Drilling Inc.; Chem-Waste Management; Redgy Suyllivant Drilling; Century Geophysical Corp.; Century Geophysical Mobile Service; Anaconda Company; Pawalex Supply; DSI; Westinghouse Electric Corporation; Rex Lilly Sandblasting; Wyoming Minerals; Greyback Consolidated Inc.; Buckaloo Inc.; Analog; Herbie McNitch Waterwell Services; John Doe Companies, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

January 11, 2000.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Bruce L. Jamison (argued), Jamison & Associates, Houston, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants in both cases.

John R. Breihan (argued), Robert C. Wilson, Lisa A. Paulson, McGinnis, Lochridge & Kilgore, Austin, TX, for Defendants-Appellees in both cases.

Kay M. Crider, Haynes & Boone, Fort Worth, TX, Laurence K. Gustafson, Haynes & Boone, Dallas, TX, for Chemical Waste Management, Inc. and Chemical Waste Management of Texas, Inc.

B. Thomas Cook (argued), Bracewell & Patterson, Houston, TX, for Total American Mining, Inc. and Malapai Resources Co.

Gordon D. Laws, Gary, Thomasson, Hall & Marks, Corpus Christi, TX, for Everest Minerals Corp.

Rebecca Jo Reser, Brian D. Metcalf, Jenkins & Gilchrist, San Antonio, TX, for Westinghouse Elec. Corp.

Before GARWOOD, SMITH and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

BENAVIDES, Circuit Judge:

The above-captioned cases were consolidated on appeal. They present the common issue of whether jurisdiction in the federal courts is appropriate under the Price Anderson Act, 42 U.S.C. § 2210(n)(2), where plaintiffs have alleged tortious injury arising from uranium mining activity. Plaintiffs-appellants also appeal the imposition of certain pre-discovery orders and argue, in the alternative, that they satisfied any burdens placed upon...

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