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ARNOLD v. GARLOCK, INC.

Nos. 01-41327 through 01-41335, 01-41366 through 01-41378, 01-41405, 01-11481, 01-11483, 01-41397, 01-51209 through 01-51212, 01-51241, 01-51242, 01-51259, 01-51261, 01-51263, 01-51265 and 01-51267.

278 F.3d 426 (2001)

Billy ARNOLD, Jr., et al., Plaintiffs-Appellees, v. GARLOCK, INC., Defendant-Appellant.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

December 28, 2001.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Charles S. Siegel, Peter A. Kraus, Waters & Kraus, Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellees.

Shelby A. Jordan, Harlin C. Womble, Jr., Nathaniel Peter Holzer, Jordan, Hyden, Womble & Culbreth, Corpus Christi, TX, Mitchell C. Chaney, Eduardo Roberto Rodriguez, Rodriguez, Colvin & Chaney, Brownsville, TX, Michael H. Reed, Anne Marie Schwab, Pepper Hamilton, Philadelphia, PA, Melissa K. Ferrell, Segal, McCambridge, Singer & Mahoney, Austin, TX, James Rowland Old, Jr., Germer, Bernsen & Gertz, Beaumont, TX, Raymond Paul Harris, Jr., Whittenburg, Whittenburg & Schachter, Dallas, TX, for Garlock Inc.

Brent M. Rosenthal, Baron & Budd, Dallas, TX, for Baron & Budd, PC and Provost & Umphrey, LLP, Amicus Curiae.

Elihu Inselbuch, Caplin & Drysdale, New York City, Peter Van Lockwood, Trevor W. Swett, Caplin & Drysdale, Washington, DC, for Official Committee of Asbestos Claimants of Federal-Mogul Global Inc., Amicus Curiae.

Paul Dunford Henderson, Law Offices of Martin Dies, Orange, TX, Henry W. Simon, Jr., Simon, Warner & Doby, Fort Worth, TX, for Eugene & Maude Wayne.

Carol P. Lomax, Branton & Hall, San Antonio, TX, for Mark & Marian Smith.

Before DeMOSS, PARKER and DENNIS, Circuit Judges

ROBERT M. PARKER, Circuit Judge:

Before us are 37 nearly identical motions by the Appellant, Garlock, Inc. ("Garlock"), to stay the proceedings of various district courts throughout the four federal districts in Texas pending Garlock's intended appeal. Having reviewed the various motions, which we treat as a single motion, the appellees' responses and the amici1 briefs filed in the case, we deny Garlock's motion.

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