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CELESTINE v. PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELLA SA

No. 00-30171.

266 F.3d 343 (2001)

Audrey T. CELESTINE, Wilton Guillory; Angel Ann Leblanc; Edwina M. Harris; Patricia A. Pitre; et al., Plaintiffs-Appellants, and Hillery Randell; Jonathan Anderson, Movants-Appellants, and Leo Reeder; Russell Metoyer; Daniel L. Cox, Sr., Intervenors-Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. PETROLEOS DE VENEZUELLA SA; et al., Defendants, CITGO Petroleum Corp., Defendant-Appellee.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Revised October 5, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Rocco Calamusa, Jr., Robert L. Wiggins, Jr. (argued), Gordon, Silberman, Wiggins & Childs, Birmingham, AL, for Plaintiffs-Appellants.

Walter W. Christy (argued), Ellen Shirer Kovach, Leslie Weill Ehret, Frilot, Partridge, Kohnke & Clements, New Orleans, LA, William B. Swift, Swift, Spears & Harper, Lake Charles, LA, for Defendant-Appellee.

Before JONES, DeMOSS and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.

DeMOSS, Circuit Judge:

This case concerns allegations of workplace racism directed at African Americans at the CITGO Petroleum Corporation's ("CITGO") Lake Charles, Louisiana plant. After the district court denied class certification, the appellants proceeded forward with the action as a series of individual claims. The district court subsequently granted summary motion in favor of the defendant CITGO on these claims. Plaintiffs now appeal from this grant by the district...

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